Curcuma petiolata

Common name:

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Indo-China, Jawa

Description:

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2000050

Provenance:

Kress# 00-6633
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Tun, Thet, U Htay Win
Myanmar: Sagaing Division: Kani Township
Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Magu range. Vicinity of shrine.
22.3167, 94.4667, 12 Apr 2000

Inflorescence appearing before leaves; coma bracts deep red, fertile bracts green; rhizome with yellow inside, tubers white inside.

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zingiberaceae
• SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
• Tribe: Zingibereae
• SubTribe:

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. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Friday, 12 July, 2019.

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