Curcuma pierreana
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A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It produces a clump of leafy stems. It grows about 60 cm tall. It has an underground rhizome or stem.
Edible Uses
The rhizome is used as a spice and can also be boiled and eaten for its starch content.
Traditional Uses
The rhizome is used as a spice. They are also boiled and eaten.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in moist forest.
Where It Grows
Asia, Cambodia, India, Indochina, Malaysia, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds. Seeds germinate best at about 20°C. Plants can be grown from division when dormant.
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe. Germinates best at temperatures around 20°c. Division of the rhizome when the plant is dormant.
Other Information
It is a cultivated plant.
Notes
There are about 50 Curcuma species. They are mostly in SE Asia.
References (9)
- Arora, R. K., 2014, Diversity in Underutilized Plant Species - An Asia-Pacific Perspective. Bioversity International. p 102
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 714
- Crevost & Lemarie, 1917, Cat. Prod. Indochine p 116
- Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/
- Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 30
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- Lim, T. K., 2016, Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 12 Modified Stems, Roots p 7
- Seidemann J., 2005, World Spice Plants. Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p 127
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 64
