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Curcuma is a genus of plants withinthe ginger family (Zingiberaceae). It also covers turmeric or Indian Turmeric ( Curcuma longa ), and the Javanese turmeric ( Curcuma zanthorrhiza , also known as Curcuma xanthorrhiza ) as an important spice plant , but not turmeric . The substance curcumin, which istraditionally obtained from the plant,serves not only as a flavor carrier but also as a yellow coloring agent, among other things for coloring food. There are around 120 taxonomically recognized species , most of which come from South and Southeast Asia, are distributed from tropical Asia to northern Australia and arewidely cultivatedin the tropics .
description
Vegetative characteristics
The turmeric species are perennial herbaceous plants . They form branched, fleshy, aromatic rhizomes , on which bulbs can often be found. The mostly basal leaves are mostly lanceolate, oblong or rarely almost linear.
Generative characteristics
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Often before the formation of leaves, the terminal, annual inflorescences sprout directly from the rhizome on pseudo-shoots or separate shoots . On the upright inflorescence there are bracts , which often have a different color at the tip. The lower halves of the bracts are fused together, while the upper halves widen. The pockets formed in this way are opposed to wraps of two to seven flowers.
The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The usually short, tubular calyx is split on one side and has two or three lobes or teeth. The crown is funnel-shaped, the petals ovate or elongated, almost the same length or with a significantly larger central petal, the tips of the petals are sharply pointed. The outer staminodes are shaped like a petal, fused at the base with the stamens and the labellum. The labellum consists of an inner, thickened area and outer, thinner lobes that partially overlap the staminodes. The stamens are short and wide. The anthers are diverse, usually spurred on at the base.
The mostly ellipsoidal capsule fruit is triple and pops open when ripe.
use
Of the approximately 120 species assigned to the genus, turmeric or turmeric ( Curcuma longa ) is certainly the best known, as the well-known kitchen spice is obtained from it. Curcuma alismatifolia is a Southeast Asian ornamental plant. In the case of Curcuma mangga , the description by Valeton & van Zijp and thus the species status is currently not recognized; the plant is used in southern Indian cuisine; it is pickled.
Systematics
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Here is a list of the accepted species and their distribution area:
- Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. : Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Java.
- Curcuma albiflora Thwaites : Sri Lanka.
- Curcuma alismatifolia Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia, Laos.
- Curcuma amada Roxb. : Southern and Eastern India to Thailand.
- Curcuma amarissima Roscoe : Northeast India to Yunnan .
- Curcuma andersonii (Baker) Škornick. : Myanmar.
- Curcuma angustifolia Roxb. : Uttarakhand to Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam.
- Curcuma antinaia chaveer . & Tanee : Thailand.
- Curcuma aromatica Salisb. : India, Assam, Himalayas, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam to China.
- Curcuma arracanensis W.J. Kress & V. Gowda : Myanmar.
- Curcuma attenuata Wall. ex Baker : Myanmar and Thailand.
- Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp : Thailand, Malaysia and Java.
- Curcuma australasica Hook. f. : Moluccas to New Guinea, northern Australia.
- Curcuma bakeriana Hemsl. : Papua New Guinea.
- Curcuma bella Maknoi, K.Larsen & Sirirugsa : Thailand.
- Curcuma bhatii (RMSm.) Škorničk. & M.Sabu : India.
- Curcuma bicolor Mood & K.Larsen : Thailand.
- Curcuma caesia Roxb. : India and Bangladesh.
- Curcuma campanulata (Kuntze) Škornick. : Thailand and Vietnam.
- Curcuma candida (Wall.) Techapr. & Škornick. : China to Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
- Curcuma cannanorensis R. Ansari, VJNair & NCNair : Southwest India.
- Curcuma caulina J. Graham : India.
- Curcuma ceratotheca K.Schum. : Sulawesi.
- Curcuma clovisii Škornick. : Thailand and Laos.
- Curcuma cochinchinensis Gagnep. : Thailand and northern Vietnam.
- Curcuma codonantha Škorničk., M. Sabu & Prasanthk. : Andaman Islands .
- Curcuma coerulea K.Schum. : Myanmar.
- Curcuma colorata Valeton : Java.
- Curcuma comosa Roxb. : Assam, Myanmar and Thailand.
- Curcuma coriacea Mangaly & M.Sabu : Southwest India.
- Curcuma corniculata Škornick. : Laos.
- Curcuma decipiens Dalzell : Southwest India.
- Curcuma ecomata Craib : Thailand.
- Curcuma elata Roxb. : Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
- Curcuma euchroma Valeton : Java.
- Curcuma exigua N.Liu : Southwest Sichuan.
- Curcuma ferruginea Roxb. : Northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- Curcuma flammea Škornick. : Laos.
- Curcuma flaviflora S.Q.Tong : Southwestern Yunnan and northern Thailand.
- Curcuma glans K.Larsen & Mood : Thailand.
- Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škornick. : Myanmar.
- Curcuma gracillima Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
- Curcuma graminifolia (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Škornick. : Laos.
- Curcuma grandiflora Wall. ex Baker : Malay Peninsula.
- Curcuma gulinqingensis N.H. Xia & Juan Chen : Yunnan.
- Curcuma haritha Mangaly & M.Sabu : Southwest India.
- Curcuma harmandii Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia.
- Curcuma heyneana Valeton & Zijp : Java to Bali.
- Curcuma inodora leaf. : Western India.
- Curcuma involucrata (King ex Baker) Škornick .: West Bengal to southern China.
- Curcuma karnatakensis Amalraj, Velay. & Mural. : Southwest India.
- Curcuma kudagensis Velay., VSPillai & Amalraj : Southwest India.
- Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee & CFLiang : Southern China.
- Curcuma larsenii Maknoi & Jenjitt. : Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
- Curcuma latiflora Valeton : Western New Guinea.
- Curcuma latifolia Roscoe : Northern India to Bangladesh.
- Curcuma leonidii Škornick. & Luu : Vietnam.
- Curcuma leucorrhiza Roxb. : Southwest India.
- Curcuma loerzingii Valeton : Sumatra.
- Turmeric or Indian turmeric ( Curcuma longa L. ): India to western Malesia.
- Curcuma longispica Valeton : Western New Guinea.
- Curcuma macrochlamys (Baker) Škornick. : Myanmar and Thailand.
- Curcuma mangga Valeton & Zijp : Java.
- Curcuma meraukensis Valeton : Western New Guinea.
- Curcuma montana Roxb. : Eastern Himalayas to Assam.
- Curcuma mukhraniae R.Kr.Singh & Arti Garg : India. It was first described in 2014.
- Curcuma mutabilis Škorničk., M. Sabu & Prasanthk. : India (Kerala).
- Curcuma myanmarensis (WJKress) Škornick. : Myanmar.
- Curcuma nankunshanensis N.Liu, XBYe & Juan Chen : Guangdong .
- Curcuma neilgherrensis Wight : Western and Southern India, Laos and Myanmar.
- Curcuma newmanii Škornick. : Vietnam.
- Curcuma oligantha Trimen : Southern India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar.
- Curcuma ornata Wall. ex Baker : Myanmar.
- Curcuma pambrosima Škorničk. & NSLý : Vietnam.
- Curcuma parviflora Wall. : Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar.
- Curcuma parvula Gage : Northern Myanmar.
- Curcuma pedicellata (Chaveer. & Mokkamul) Škornick. : Thailand.
- Curcuma peramoena Souvann. & Maknoi : Laos.
- Curcuma petiolata Roxb. : Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Java.
- Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton : Yunnan, Vietnam and Java.
- Curcuma picta Roxb. ex Škorničk. : India.
- Curcuma pierreana Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia.
- Curcuma plicata Wall. ex Baker : Thailand, Myanmar.
- Curcuma porphyrotaenia Zipp. ex chip. : Timor .
- Curcuma Prakasha S.Tripathi : Assam.
- Curcuma pseudomontana J.Graham : Southwest India.
- Curcuma purpurascens flower : Java to Bali.
- Curcuma pygmaea Škornick. & Šída f. : Vietnam.
- Curcuma reclinata Roxb. : India and Myanmar.
- Curcuma rhabdota Sirirugsa & MFNewman : Thailand, Laos.
- Curcuma rhomba Mood & K.Larsen : Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
- Curcuma roscoeana Wall. : Myanmar, Thailand and Andaman Islands.
- Curcuma roxburghii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf : Bangladesh.
- Curcuma rubescens Roxb. : Northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- Curcuma rubrobracteata Škorničk., M.Sabu & Prasanthk. : Assam to southwestern Yunnan.
- Curcuma sahuynhensis Škornick. & NSLý : Vietnam. It was first described in 2015.
- Curcuma sattayasaiorum Chaveer. & Sudmoon : Thailand.
- Curcuma scaposa (Nimmo) Škorničk. & M.Sabu : Southwest India.
- Curcuma sessilis Gage : Northern Myanmar.
- Curcuma sichuanensis X.X.Chen : Sichuan and southwestern Yunnan.
- Curcuma singularis Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
- Curcuma sparganiifolia Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia.
- Curcuma stenochila Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia.
- Curcuma strobilifera Wall. ex Baker : Myanmar.
- Curcuma sumatrana Miq. : Western Sumatra.
- Curcuma supraneeana (WJKress & K.Larsen) Škornick. : Thailand.
- Curcuma sylvatica Valeton : Java to Lesser Sunda Islands.
- Curcuma thorelii Gagnep. : Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
- Curcuma trichosantha Gagnep. : Thailand, Laos.
- Curcuma vamana M. Sabu & Mangaly : Southwest India.
- Curcuma viridiflora Roxb. : Thailand to Bali.
- Curcuma vitellina Škorničk. & H.Ð.Trần : Vietnam.
- Curcuma wallichii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf : Bangladesh.
- Curcuma wilcockii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf : Bangladesh.
- Curcuma woodii N.H. Xia & Juan Chen : Thailand.
- Curcuma xanthella Škornick. : Vietnam.
- Curcuma yunnanensis N.Liu & SJChen : Western Yunnan.
- Javanese turmeric ( Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb. ): It is native to southwestern India.
- Zitwerwurzel ( Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe ): It originally occurs from the eastern Himalayas to Assam.
- Curcuma zedoarioides Chaveer. & Tanee : Thailand.
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literature
- Turmeric at Tropicos.org. In: Flora of Pakistan . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- The genus Curcuma in the Flora of China . (engl.)
- Aminul Islam: Genetic diversity of the genus Curcuma in Bangladesh and further biotechnological approaches for in vitro regeneration and long-term conservation of C. longa germplasm. Uni-Hannover, Department of Biology, Dissertation 2004: Online (Engl.)
Single references
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Web links
- Turmeric at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Retrieved April 17, 2017.