319 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons

► Subclass Zingiberidae

► Order Zingiberales

► Family Zingiberaceae - Ginger family

► Subfamily Zingiberoideae

► Tribe Zingibereae

► Genus Curcuma L. - Curcuma

Synonyms

≡ Amomum zedoaria (basinom) Christm.

Curcuma pallida Lour.

Curcuma zerumbet (Berg.) Roxb.

Common names

Curcuma (English)

Hidden ginger (English)

Kua (English)

Red leaf spice ginger (English)

Setwall (English)

Temu putih (English)

Turmeric (English)

White turmeric (English)

Zedoary (English)

Zedoary turmeric (English)

Curcuma (French)

Curcuma zédoaire (French)

Gingembre bâtard (French)

Zédoaire (French)

 

Beli isiot (Bosnian)

Isiot (Bosnian)

Setvar (Bosnian)

Beli isiot (Croatian)

Isiot (Croatian)

Setvar (Croatian)

Zedoar (Danish)

Zedoar (Dutch)

Zedoarwortel (Dutch)

Zedoarwurzel (German)

Zittwer Kurkume (German)

Zitwer (German)

Radice di curcuma (Italian)

Zedoaria (Italian)

Zedoaria lunga (Italian)

Zedoária (Portuguese)

Куркума (Russian)

Куркума зедоарская (Russian)

Beli isiot (Serbian)

Isiot (Serbian)

Setval (Serbian)

Cedoaria (Spanish)

Cetoal (Spanish)

 

Gadwâr (Arabic)

Satwâl (Arabic)

Zadwâr (Arabic)

Çevdar (Turkish)

Gulpa hamar (Turkish)

 

Haldi (India)

Kachur (India (Hindi))

Kacur (Nepalese)

Van haledo (Nepalese)

 

Temu putih (Indonesia (Malay))

Khi min khay (Laotian)

Temu kuning (Malay)

Temu puteh (Malay)

Temu kuning (Malaysia (Malay))

Haeo dam (Thai)

Kha mîn khuen (Thai)

Kha mîn oi (Thai)

Bông truât (Vietnamese)

Nga truât (Vietnamese)

Ngái tim (Vietnamese)

Tam nai (Vietnamese)

 

E shu (Chinese)

E zhu (Chinese)

Yu jin (Chinese (Medicinal name))

Description

Small yellow tubular flowers set in larger greenish pink bracts on a long sturdy spike. A large tuberous perennial with green leaves that have a chocolate brown midrib.