Curcuma purpurascens

Botanical Description

Curcuma purpurascens is a herbaceous perennial plant producing pseudostems up to 1 metres tall from a branched rhizome. Each pseudostem is comprised of several leaves, the blades of which can be 55 - 70cm long and 19 - 23cm wide[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is cultivated for its rhizome at elevations up to 1,000 metres in Indonesia[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].