Species notes
About Curcuma longa
Curcuma longa (also recorded as Turmeric) is an accepted species in the family Zingiberaceae, within the order Zingiberales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from India, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Borneo, Cambodia, and China South-Central. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Turmeric
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Order
- Zingiberales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- India, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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