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Curcuma zedoaria
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species of plant, zedoary
OverviewAI-generated
Curcuma zedoaria, commonly known as zedoary, is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It belongs to the genus Curcuma within the order Zingiberales and the class Liliopsida. The species is classified under the phylum Tracheophyta and the kingdom Plantae. It is utilized as a medicinal plant.
The taxon range for Curcuma zedoaria is listed as Myanmar. Its IUCN conservation status is Data Deficient, a designation recorded in 2019. While other records indicate presence in the United States, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Cambodia, Philippines, and Indonesia, the primary taxon range specified is Myanmar.
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Species
Data DeficientZedoary
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderZingiberales
- FamilyZingiberaceae
Amomum zedoaria Christmann in G. F. Christmann and G. W. F. Panzer, Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 5: 12. 1779; Curcuma pallida Loureiro
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 189
- With media
- 172
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Collections
- DAV, US, NY, BRIT, LSU, VT
- Recorded in
- United States, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Curcuma
- Image
- Curcuma zedoaria - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-048.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Curcuma zedoaria
- Commons category
- Curcuma zedoaria
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- Curcuma zedoaria
- taxon common name
- 莪术
- IUCN conservation status
- Data Deficient
- short name
- C. zedoaria
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
- taxon range
- Myanmar
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Encyclopedic overview
Curcuma zedoaria (zedoary /ˈzɛdoʊˌɛri/, white turmeric, or temu putih) is a perennial herb and member of the genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae. The plant is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia but is now naturalized in other places including the US state of Florida. Zedoary was one of the ancient food plants of the Austronesian peoples. They were spread during prehistoric times to the Pacific Islands and Madagascar during the Austronesian expansion (c. 3000 BCE). Its use as a spice in the West today is extremely rare, having been replaced by ginger, and to a lesser extent, yellow turmeric.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Curcuma zedoaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.