• Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
  (Ginger Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ZINGIBERACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Curcuma angustifolia sensu Dalz. & Gibs.,
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Curcuma neilgherrensis Wight
• Common name : Wild arrow root
• Vernacular name : Kattumanjal (Tamil); Koova, Vellakkuva, Kattumanjal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : Common in Western Ghats at higher elevations from 800 to 2000m
• Flower, Fruit : March-August
• Collection Nos : HFP 2158, CJS 13481, KFP 1324, KFP 1416
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 neilgherrensis. Downloaded on 3 June 2025.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)