Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp

A ginger family herb. It grows 1.5 m tall. It has small rhizomes and no false stems. The rhizomes are white inside and have an aroma. There are 2-5 leaves and they are oblong to sword shaped. The flowers are in dense heads on a stalk from the base. The flowers are tube shaped and yellow. The fruit is an oval capsule. The seeds are shiny and light brown.

A tropical plant. It grows in teak forests and grassy fields up to 700 m above sea level.

Plants can be grown from division of the rhizome.