• Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
  (Ginger Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ZINGIBERACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Curcuma caesia Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Karimanjal, Neelakua
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Coastal areas and riverine alluvial soil
• Comments / notes : Cultivated and naturalized in some places. Rhizomes are rich in starch which is used as a substitute for Arrowroot. The report of the species C. caesia (Bhat 1993, 2003) is an error, subsequent studies shows that this species belongs to C.aeruginosa Roxb. (Bhat, K.G 2014)
• Flower, Fruit : April-May
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 1988- Studies on Zingiberaceae of Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Curcuma aeruginosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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