Curcuma caesia Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Curcuma

Characteristics

A ginger family herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The rhizome is bluish-black. It grows 2-6 m long. The plant grows 1 m tall. The leaves are in groups of 10-20 and are broadly sword shaped. The flowers are 15-20 cm long in a spike. The flowers develop before the leaves.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Queen Sirikit BG.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

The fresh rhizome is occasionally used as a spice.
Uses medicinal spice
Edible flowers rhizomes roots
Therapeutic use Anthelmintics (rhizome), Anti-bacterial agents (rhizome), Antifungal agents (rhizome), Asthma (rhizome), Contusions (rhizome), Cough (rhizome), Fever (rhizome), Flatulence (rhizome), Fractures, bone (rhizome), Hypertension (rhizome), Hypothermia (rhizome), Leprosy (rhizome), General tonic for rejuvenation (rhizome), Sprains and strains (rhizome), Balsamic (unspecified), Bruise (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Tumor(Joint) (unspecified), Cosmetic (unspecified), Sprain (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Contusions (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Sprains and strains (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from the rhizome.
Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Curcuma caesia unspecified picture

Distribution

Curcuma caesia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh and Indonesia

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000365468
COL ID 32JYH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Curcuma kuchoor Curcuma caesia