Taxon:
Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. ind. 1:25. 1820
Verified:
09/17/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Škorničková, J. & M. Sabu. 2005. The identity and distribution of Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb. (Zingiberaceae). Gard. Bull. Singapore 57:199-210. Note: "zanthorrhiza"
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 Note: as xanthorrhiza
- Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 Note: as xanthorrhiza; = C. zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
- Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 9:74-76. Note: as xanthorrhiza
- Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986- Note: "zanthorrhiza"
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 Note: as xanthorrhizaC. zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
- Newman, M. et al. 2004. Checklist of the Zingiberaceae of Malesia. Blumea Suppl. 16:66. Note: "zanthorrhiza"
- 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
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
Indonesian
temu lawak –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | Bali |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Moluccas | Ambon |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali), Moluccas (Ambon)], Malaysia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 9:74. 1996; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):217. 1999; F Guianas; CRC MedHerbs ed2) –