Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Curcuma aromatica
Scientific Name and Description
Curcuma aromatica Salisb
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen & C.Ling
Curcuma zedoaria Roxb., sensu auct.
Curcuma zedoaria Roxb., sensu auct.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | Kasturi Manjal, anbe-halad, anbe-haldi, ban haldi, ban-haridra, banhaldi, banharidra, jangli haldi, jangli-haldi, janglihaldi |
| Marathi | Kasturi Haldi, aambe halad, ambe-halad, ran-halad, ranahalada, sholi, vedi-halad |
| Bengali | Kasthuri Haldi |
| Tamil | Kasthuri Manjal, atai, ataivikaccolam, ataivikkaccolam, atavikaccelvam, atavikkac -colam, atavikkaccolam, avisam, ikasi, ikati, ikkuca, ikkucamancal, iksi, itci, kaccolam , kaccuram , kaleyam , kaleyamancal, kappumancal, kasdurimahcal, kasthurimangal, kastoori manjal, kasturi mancal, kasturi manjal, kasturi-manjal, kasturimancal, kasturimanjal, kasturinici#, kasturinici, kat-turi-manjal, kattumanjal, kattumannal, katturi mancal, katturimancal, katuri mancal, koccimancal, kulavintam, kuttukkarantai, mirukamatam, mituraimulam, mituraiver, nallamancal, nir visham, nirakkumancal, nirvisam, pittattuvayam, talaivalipokki, turlapam, ucitam, ucitamancal, velviliyal |
| Malayalam | Kasthuri, anakuva, kasturi-mannal, kasturimannal, kattu-mannal, kattumanjal, kattumannal, kattumannar, manjal |
| Kannada | aambe haladi, haali, kaadu arishina, kadarasina, kasthoori manjal, kasthooriarishina, kasturi arashina, kasturi arisina, kasturi-arishina, kasturiarishina, maavina kaayi shunti |
| Sanskrit | aranyahaldikanda, aranyaharidra, sholi, sholika, vanahaladi, vanaharidra, vanarishta |
| Telugu | adavipasupu, kasturi-pasupa, kasturi-pasupu, kasturipasupu, thella kathoori pasupu |
| Common Names | wild turmeric, fragrant turmeric, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Root tuber
Rhizome
Ethnopharmacology use
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. Herb Rhizome, tuber, root Diarrrhoea; dysentery; skin diseases; insecticidal; wormicidal; pimples; anticancer; antiseptic; fever General Bosco and Arumugam 2012,
References
Literature
Literature
Bosco and Arumugam 2012
Dhal et al. 2011
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Monocotyledons) Author - Ed B D Sharma, S Karthikeyan, N P Singh
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Curcuma aromatica. (2024, May 9). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcuma_aromatica