Curcuma.—Turmeric.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Curcuma longa L.
Engl.: common turmeric, turmeric, curcuma, French saffron, Indian saffron, long turmeric, yellow ginger.
Deu.: Gelbwurz, Gelber Ingwer, Kurkuma.
Fran.: curcuma, safran des Indes.
Sven.: gurkmeja, gulrot, turmerik.
Suom.: kurkuma, maustekurkuma.
Bot. syn.: Amomum curcuma Jacq., Curcuma domestica Val., Curcuma viridiflora Roxb.
Pre-Linnaean:
Curcuma foliis lanceolatis: nervis lateralibus numerosissimis (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Curcuma foliis lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis: nervis lateralibus numerosissimis. (Roy. lugdb. 12., Fl. zeyl. 7., Mat. med. 5.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753),
Curcuma radice longa. (Herm. lugdb. 208. t. 209.) (Linnaeus Species Plantarum 1753)
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Classic texts: King's 1898.
Spring growth. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2012-04-27.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Rhizome and leaf. The inside of the root is much more interesting: it's extremely yellow. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2006-04-22.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1883.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1871. Curcumin, Opium wax, Preventing mould, Inuloid, Preserving ergot.
Classic texts: Felter 1922.
Classic texts: Cook 1869.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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