Curcuma longa
Nombres vernáculos
(en territorios con usos significativos TRAMIL)
Haití:
- curcuma
- safran
Santa Lucía:
- Indian saffron
- tjitjima
- turmeric
Distribución geográfica
Originaria de Asia tropical, pantropical debido al cultivo.
Descripción botánica
Herbácea acaulescente, de 60 a 90 cm. Tubérculos gruesos, cilíndricos o elipsoideos, amarillos por dentro. Hojas oblongas o elípticas, de 30 a 50 cm, acuminadas. Espigas cilíndricas de 10 a 20 cm, sobre un escapo de 12 cm; brácteas verde pálido, las superiores rosaditas; flores amarillo pálido.
Voucher(s)
Jiménez,685,JBSD
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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