• Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
  (Ginger Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ZINGIBERACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Curcuma amada Roxb.
• Common name : Mango Ginger
• Vernacular name : Aami-haldi (Hindi); Mavu shunti, Mavina shunti (Kannada); Aamrardrakam, Karpuraharidra (Sanskrit); Anada (Oria); Mamidallam (Telugu); Mangainchi, Mannayinchi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests and also cultivated
• Comments / notes : Rhizome is used as a condiment; Cultivated in South India
• Flower, Fruit : August-November
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Thane district, Palghar district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
• World Distribution : India, Malay peninsula, Archipelago
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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 amada. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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