- Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
(Ginger Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Zingiberaceae
- Synonym(s) : Curcuma amada var. glabra Velay., Unnikr., Asha & Maya
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Scrub jungle, wasteland, also cultivated
- Comments / notes : Rhizome is used as a condiment and also used for making dye; Cultivated in South India
- Key identification features : Rhizomatous herbs, rhizome yellow; Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, puberulous above, glabrous beneath; Flowers on terminal leafy shoots; plume bract pinkish; flowering bracts whitish; corolla tubular; lip cream coloured with deep yellow center.
- Flower, Fruit : August-November
- Collector(s) Name : H.O.Saxena
- Collection Date : 17-09-1977, 04-11-1973, 14-09-1977
- Collection Nos : 2907, 1294, 2826
- Collection Locality : Rambha, near Bhanjanagar, Odisha; Udaigiri; Gazalbadi
- 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
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 171-172
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Curcuma amada. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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