Zingiberaceae FAMILY

Curcuma australasica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Curcuma australasica is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of leaves 30 - 80cm tall on a pseudostem that grows from an underground rhizome[ 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. , 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is grown as an ornamental, valued for its floral display and ornamental leaves.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - eastern Indonesia to New Guinea and northern Australia.

HabitatEdges of rainforest, in Eucalypt forest, vine forest and in woodland at elevations up to 550 metres in Queensland[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].