Taxon:
Curcuma amada Roxb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Asiat. Res. 11:341. 1810
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India. 1872-1897
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 164.
Common names
English
mango-ginger – German
Mangoingwer – India
amada – Portuguese (Brazil)
açafrão –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –