Sri Lankan spices

Turmeric (), or Curcuma longa (), is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between and high annual rainfall to thrive. Plants are gathered each year for their rhizomes, some for propagation in the following season and some for consumption or dyeing.

fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae

thumb|Dried bark strips, bark powder and flowers of the small tree Cinnamomum verum

thumb|True cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum) thumb|Cardamom seeds