Curcuma sp.

Common name: Kress Collection, SI#2006022

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: China: Yunnan

Description:

Uses:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.

USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2006022

Provenance:

Kress# 06-8398
Kress, W. J., Gao, J.-Y., Xia, Y. M.
China: Yunnan
Between Liang He and Yin Jiang
Understory of secondary growth bordering bamboo forest.
10 Jul 2006, 

Shoots to 1 m, leaves all green, rhizome pale yellow inside.  
Inflorescence terminal, lower bracts yellow green, coma bracts white with purple to pink distally. 
Flowers with white petals and yellow labellum.

Restrictions:

Culture:

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 Monday, 05 August, 2019.

Images:

No images found.

Delete