Curcuma sp.

Common name: Kress Collection, SI#2002076

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Myanmar: Kachin State

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Uses:

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Source: Kress Collection, SI#2002076

Provenance:

Kress# 02-7081
Kress, W. J., Thet Htun, Bordelon, M., Sein Tun
Myanmar: Kachin State: Moe Hnyin Township
NE corner of Indawgyi Lake, 2 miles east of Lake.
Secondary growth in cultivated areas.
27 Feb 2002, 25.1808, 96.4058

herb; Dormant herb, shoots to 1 m; tubers white inside; rhizome yellow inside.

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Classification:

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

References:

1. 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 Tuesday, 06 August, 2019.

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