Zedoary (Curcuma aromatica)
Description
Curcuma zedoaria (zedoary, white turmeric, or kentjur) is a perennial herb and member of the genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae. The plant is native to India and Indonesia but now naturalized in other places including the US state of Florida.[2] It was introduced to Europe by Arab traders around the sixth century, but its use as a spice in the West today is extremely rare, having been replaced by ginger, and to a lesser extent, yellow turmeric
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
-
-
Class: Liliopsida
-
-
Order: Zingiberales
-
-
Family: Zingiberaceae
-
-
Genus: Curcuma
-
-
-
-
-
-
