WorldFloraDB - Curcuma viridiflora

Characteristics

Plants 50--70 cm tall. Rhizomes many branched, pale yellow inside; roots bearing tubers. Leaf blade dark green, ovate, ca. 30 × 7--8 cm. Inflorescences terminal on pseudostems; peduncle ca. 10 cm; spike 10--15 × 5--7 cm; fertile bracts pale green, elliptic-lanceolate; coma bracts white, partly with green stripe, 6--7.5 cm. Calyx white, ca. 1 cm. Corolla tube much longer than calyx; lobes pale pink. Lateral staminodes elliptic, ca. 1.4 cm × 9 mm. Labellum yellow with a central, brown, narrow stripe, transversely oblong, ca. 1.6 × 1.8 cm. Filament ca. 4 mm; anther with spreading spurs at base. Fl. Jul.

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A ginger family herb. It grows 50-70 cm tall. The rhizomes are branched. They are pale yellow inside. The roots produce tubers. The leaves are dark green and oval and 30 cm long b 7-8 cm wide. The flowers are at the top of false stems. The stalk is 10 cm long. The spike is 10-15 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. The flowers are white and pink.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 0.7

Root system

rhizome

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Flower color

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the rainforests up to 150 m above sea level.

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Usage

Uses	medicinal
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown by division of the rhizome.

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Distribution

Identifiers

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WFO ID	wfo-0000366155
COL ID	32K4G
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Curcuma viridiflora

WorldFloraDB 2024

Curcuma viridiflora Roxb.

Species