Curcuma inodora
Curcuma inodora
Curcuma inodora
Curcuma inodora
MH391 : Curcuma inodora Blatt.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 58 |
| Synonym | : | Curcuma purpurea Blatt.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Bedi Halad, Scentless Turmeric |
| Plant Family | : | Zingiberaceae |
| Description | : | a small herb with one of the showiest flowers in all Curucuma species. They are large pink. The plant is mainly found in South India. It grows up to a height of 4 ft. The plant goes dormant in November but resurfaces in May from the underground bulbs |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Most common in Melghat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | used by the tribals as a hair tonic and for cure of wounds. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List - Near threatened |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229357
- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:872372
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Scentless%20Turmeric.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : ~ Patil, HM and Bhaskar, VV; "Medicinal uses of plnats by tribal medicine men of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra"; Natural Product Radiance (2006); 5(2): 125-130 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Zingiberidae |
| Order | : Zingiberales |
| Family | : Zingiberaceae - Ginger family |
| Genus | : Curcuma L - curcuma |
| Species | : Curcuma inodora |