Curcuma (kind)

Curcuma is the name of a kind of Plante S of the family of the Zingibéracée S. It contains forty Espèce S of tropical origin.

General characteristics

Principal species

  • Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma albicoma S.Q. Tong (1986).
  • Curcuma will albiflora Thwaites (1861).
  • Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. (1903)
  • Curcuma amada Roxb. (1810)
  • Curcuma amarissima Roscoe (1826).
  • Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (1808).
  • Curcuma attenuata Wall. ex Baker (1890).
  • Curcuma aurantiaca van Zijp (1915).
  • Curcuma australasica Hook.f. (1867).
  • Curcuma bakeriana Hemsl. (1892).
  • Curcuma bicolor Mood & K.Larsen (2001).
  • Curcuma bhatii (R.M. Smith) Skornickova & Mr. Sabu (2005).
  • Curcuma burttii K. Larsen & R.M. Smith (1978).
  • Curcuma caesia Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma ceratotheca K. Schum. (1899).
  • Curcuma chuanezhu Z.Y. Zhu (1990).
  • Curcuma chuanhuangjiang Z.Y. Zhu (1990).
  • Curcuma chuanyujin C.K. Hsieh & H. Zhang (1990).
  • Curcuma cochinchinensis Gagnep. (1907).
  • Curcuma codonantha Skornickova (2003).
  • Curcuma coerulea K. Schum. (1904).
  • Curcuma colorata Valeton (1918).
  • Curcuma comosa Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma coriacea Mangaly & Mr. Sabu (1988 publ. 1989).
  • Curcuma decipiens Dalzell (1850).
  • Curcuma domestica Valeton (1918), syn. Curcuma longa Flax.
  • Curcuma ecalcarata Sivar. & Balach. (1983).
  • Curcuma euchroma Valeton (1918).
  • Curcuma ecomata Craib (1912).
  • Curcuma elata Roxb. (1820).
  • Curcuma exigua NR. Liu (1987).
  • Curcuma ferruginea Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma flaviflora S.Q. Tong (1986).
  • Curcuma glans K. Larsen & Mood (2001).
  • Curcuma gracillima Gagnep. (1903).
  • Curcuma grandiflora Wall. ex Baker (1892).
  • Curcuma haritha Mangaly & Mr. Sabu (1993).
  • Curcuma harmandii Gagnep. (1907).
  • Curcuma heyneana Valeton & van Zijp (1917).
  • Curcuma inodora Blatt. (1930 publ. 1931).
  • Curcuma karnatakensis Amalraj (1991).
  • Curcuma kudagensis Velayudhan, V.S. Plundered & Amalraj (1990).
  • Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee & c.f. Liang (1977).
  • Curcuma lanceolata Ridley (1907).
  • Curcuma will latiflora Valeton (1913).
  • Curcuma latifolia Roscoe (1825).
  • Curcuma leucorrhiza Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma loerzingii Valeton (1918).
  • Curcuma longa L. (1753) - the Curcuma (spice)
  • Curcuma longispica Valeton (1918).
  • Curcuma malabarica Velayudhan, Amalraj & Muralidharan (1990).
  • Curcuma mangga Valeton & van Zijp (1917).
  • Curcuma meraukensis Valeton (1913).
  • Curcuma mutabilis Skornickova, Mr. Sabu & Prasanthkumar (2004).
  • Curcuma neilgherrensis Wight (1853).
  • Curcuma nilamburensis K.C. Velayudhan and Al (1994).
  • Curcuma oligantha Trimen (1885).
  • Curcuma ornata Wall. ex Baker (1890).
  • Curcuma parviflora Wall. (1830).
  • Curcuma parvula Pledge (1905).
  • Curcuma peethapushpa Sasidh. & Sivar. (1988).
  • Curcuma petiolata Roxb. (1820).
  • Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton (1918).
  • Curcuma pierreana Gagnep. (1907).
  • Curcuma plicata Wall. ex Baker (1890).
  • Curcuma porphyrotaenia Zipp. ex Span. (1841).
  • Curcuma prakasha S. Tripathi (2001).
  • Curcuma pseudomontana J. Graham (1839).
  • Curcuma purpurascens Blume (1827).
  • Curcuma purpurea Blatt. (1930).
  • Curcuma raktakanta Mangaly & Mr. Sabu (1988).
  • Curcuma reclinata Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma rhabdota Sirirugsa & M.F. Newman (2000).
  • Curcuma rhomba Mood & K. Larsen (2001).
  • Curcuma roscoeana Wall. (1829).
  • Curcuma rubescens Roxb. (1810).
  • Curcuma rubrobracteata Skornickova, Mr. Sabu & Prasanthkumar (2003).
  • Curcuma sichuanensis X.X. Chen (1984).
  • Curcuma singularis Gagnep. (1907).
  • Curcuma sparganiifolia Gagnep. (1903).
  • Curcuma stenochila Gagnep. (1903).
  • Curcuma strobilifera Wall. ex Baker (1890).
  • Curcuma sulcata Hatreds (1923).
  • Curcuma sumatrana Miq. (1861).
  • Curcuma sylvatica Valeton (1918).
  • Curcuma thalakaveriensis Velayudhan and Al (1991).
  • Curcuma thorelii Gagnep. (1907).
  • Curcuma trichosantha Gagnep. (1907).
  • Curcuma vamana Mr. Sabu & Mangaly (1987).
  • Curcuma vellanikkarensis K.C. Velayudhan and Al (1994).
  • Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen & C. Ling (1981).
  • Curcuma wenchowensis Y.H. Chen & C. Ling (1975).
  • Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. (1820): temu lawak
  • Curcuma yunnanensis NR. Liu & C. Senjen (1987).
  • Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe (1807) - the Zédoaire (spice)

Distribution

This kind is originating in tropical Asia: Indian Sub-continent, Indo-China, China (Yunnan), Indonesia, and of the north of the Australia.

Use

  • food Plants: souce of starch, spices, dyes food
  • tinctorial Plants
  • medicinal Plants: The curcuma is a spice which is effective to treat various gastro-intestinal disorders like the ignition or the ulcers of stomach. The curcuma also has many anti-cancer properties.
  • decorative Plants

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