Curcuma
Curcuma bicolor J. Mood & K. Larsen
Nomenclature
Species:
Curcuma bicolor J. Mood & K. Larsen
Usage:
accepted
SUMMARY
Herb, 40-60 cm tall. Leaf elliptic, glabrous, base rounded to cordate, apex acuminate, 18-30 x 8-15 cm. Inflorescence terminal, 8-20 cm tall; bracts lanceolate, glabrous. Flower red; staminodes ovate, orange-yellow with red apex, 15x8 mm. Labellum 3-lobed, mid-lobe apex deeply bifid, orange-yellow with red apex, 16x12 mm. Anther 8 mm long; spurs conical, point forwards, apex acuminate, 3 mm long; crest thick, blunt, 1.5x1.5 mm. Ovary barrel-shaped, densely hairy, 5 mm long; stigma laterally open, ciliate, 1 mm wide. [1]
References
- J. Mood and Larsen, K., “New Curcumas from South-east Asia”, The New Plantsman, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 207-217, 2002.