Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe

 
  • 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 zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
  • Common name : Zedoary
  • Vernacular name : Kachora (Hindi); Karchura (Sanskrit); Kachora (Marathi); Kachoram (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Wild in grassy places; also introduced in to cultivation
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Cultivated
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Bargarh district
  • World Distribution : India, S.E. Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
  • 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 zedoaria. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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