Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Curcuma caesia
Scientific Name and Description
Curcuma caesia Roxb.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Curcuma kuchoor Royle
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | Black turmeric |
| Hindi | Kali haldi,nar-kachura |
| MarathI | Karpoorhachhaldi, kala-haldi |
| Bengali | Nilahaldi |
| Tamil | Karuppu manjal |
| Malayalam | Karimunjal |
| Kannada | kariarishina, naru kachora |
| Telugu | manupasupu |
| Common Name | black turmeric, black zedoary, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Rhizome
Ethnopharmacology use
Curcuma caesia Roxb. Herb Rhizome Scorpion and snake bite; inscet bite; pimples General Namsa et al. 2009, Sharma et al. 2013
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Namsa et al. 2009
Sharma et al. 2013
Botany of Bihar And Orissa Part 5 & 6 Author - Haines .H.H.
Flora of Sikkim Vol. I Author - P.K.Hajra & D.M. Verma
Medicinal Plant Resources of South West Bengal Author - N.D.Parabia-Ed.
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 caesia. (2023, December 16). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcuma_caesia