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 Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe

Synonym	:	Amomum zedoaria Christm.
Family	:	Zingiberaceae
Local name	:	English –White turmeric
Distribution	:	Native of South and SE Asia
Endemic/Exotic	:	Exotic
Key botanical characters:   Rhizome externally brown, internally creamy whit. Leaf lamina oblong-lanceolate, c. 60 x 18, green with slight red patch around midrib; petiole c. 10 cm; ligule 2 mm long, obscurely bilobed. Inflorescence lateral. Spike c. 10-17 x 6-9 cm. Fertile bracts green, coma bracts pink. Flowers 5-6 cm long. Corolla lobes light pink. Lateral staminodes light yellow. Labellum yellow.