Curcuma
Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
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Global Distribution
India and Myanmar
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Kozhikkode, Kannur, Wayanad, Thrissur, Ernakulam
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"Rhizomatous herbs, rhizome, 5-6 x 9-10 cm, blue in the centre, merging towards grey, the blue colour is highly variablewith age of the rhizome, strongly aromatic; sessile tubers branched, condensed; roots fleshy; root tubers many, ovate-oblong, ceamy. Plants, 70-100 cm tall, pseudostem 30-35 cm tall, sheaths green. Leaves distichous, 30-40 x 10-12 cm, oblong-lanceolate, tip acute, base acuminate, glabrous purple or reddish-brown patch along the sides of the distal half of the mid rib on upper side only, fading at maturity, groove of the midrib green; petiole as long as lamina. Inflorescence lateral, 25-30 cm long, peduncle 12-18 cm; spike 12-15 x 5 cm; coma bracts large, pink to violet, lower ones streaked green. Fertile bracts 18-20, 4.5-5 x 4.4-5 cm lower half fused, tip rounded, green with a pink tip, subtends a cincinnus of 8-10 flowers; bracteoles 3.5 x 2.5 cm, white with a median light green patch. Flowers 4.5-5 cm, equal to or slightly shorter than the bracts. Calyx 1 cm, truncate, 3-lobed at apex, split on one side, Corolla tube 3-3.3 cm long, pink, lobes unequal; dorsal lobes 1.5 x 1.2 cm, concave, hooded; lateral lobes 1.5 x 1 cm, tip rounded, pink. Labellum 1.5-1.7 x 1.8 cm tip emarginated, yellow with a deep yellow median band. Lateral staminodes 1.5 x 1 cm, yellow. Anther 7 mm, without crest, spurred at base, spurs 3mm long, divergent. Epigynous glands two, 5 mm long, linear, yellowish green. Ovary 5 mm, trilocular, with many ovules; style long, filiform; stigma bilipped, slightly exserted above the anther lobes."
Coastal areas and riverine alluvial soil
Flowering and fruiting: April-May