Curcuma petiolata Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Curcuma

Characteristics

A ginger family herb with an underground stem and which dies back during the year. It grows 60 cm high. The leaves are broadly oval. They are 20-25 cm wide and 33 cm long. The flowers have a tube shaped lip which is golden. It has bracts with a pink edge. The flower head is cylinder shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows well in a seasonally moist and dry climate. It needs a fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil. It needs bright shade. It suits hardiness zones 8-12.
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Naturalized in teak forest, upland fields, near bamboo stools and in other shaded places; at elevations up to 1,600 metres.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Synergist (unspecified), Cancer(Stomach) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Curcuma petiolata unspecified picture

Distribution

Curcuma petiolata world distribution map, present in Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000365894
COL ID 32K33
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Curcuma petiolata Curcuma cordifolia