Accession Data

Curcuma longa

Family: Zingiberaceae

Country of Origin: a cultigen from SW. India

Accession Data

Accession #: 201900166

Accession Date: 2019-07-10 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3204

Quantity: 1

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2004089

Provenance:

Kress# 04-7762
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tin Maung Ohn, Yangon University, Ko Tin, Yangon University
Myanmar: Rakhine State
36 miles from Ann towards Mrauk U, near Senyin Village
19.9808, 93.8008, 14 Nov 2004

Shoots to 1 m, leaves green, rhizomes bright yellow inside

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Zingiberaceae

SubFamily: Zingiberoideae

Tribe: Zingibereae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
  3. Kumar KM, Asish GR, Sabu M, Balachandran I. , Significance of gingers (Zingiberaceae) in Indian System of Medicine - Ayurveda: An overview. Anc Sci Life. 2013;32(4):253–261. doi:10.4103/0257-7941.131989. Last accessed on Wednesday, 22 May, 2019.
  4. Medicinal Plants Names Service at Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 22 May, 2019.

Images

Curcuma longa
Curcuma longa