Zingiberaceae FAMILY

Curcuma zanthorrhiza

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Curcuma zanthorrhiza is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a cluster of erect pseudostems up to 2 metres tall from an underground rhizome. Each pseudostem is made up of up to 8 leaves with blades that can be 40 - 90cm long and 15 - 21cm wide[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 989 Title The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. Vol. 13 Publication Author Publisher Government Printing Office, Singapore Year 1950 ISBN Description A botanical journal, it includes a treatment of the Zingiberaceae of the Malay Peninsula. ]. An important herb in traditional Indonesian medicine, it is harvested from the wild and is also commonly cultivated, mainly on a garden scale, in Java, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, occasionally also in India[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southwest India, southern China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia.

HabitatRiversides at elevations around 800 metres in southern Yunnan[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Thickets and teak forest, mainly on moist, fertile, humus-rich soils, at elevations up to 750 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].