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Karchur / Shati (Species 2)

Common Names


Common Names To be Updated Soon

About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe

FAMILY 


Zingiberaceae Martinov

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Zingiberoideae

SUBTRIBE


Zingibereae

GENUS 


Curcuma L.

SPECIES


zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8:354. 1807


Plant Description


Leaf blades narrowly ovate or elliptical, 45--67 ´ 15--22 cm. Inflorescences erect, 11--23 ´ 5--10 cm; bracts of main axis whitish proximally, green (proximal bracts) or pink (distal bracts) distally; proximal bracts ovate to rectangular, deeply saccate, 4--4.5 ´ 4 cm, apex obtuse or truncate-apiculate; distal bracts narrowly ovate, 8--9 ´ 4--4.5 cm, apex rounded. Flowers: perianth white or spotted with purple; staminodes pale yellow with yellow streak down center of lip.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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