Curcuma aurantiaca

Botanical Description

Curcuma aurantiaca is a perennial, stemless plant producing a cluster of about 5 leaves up to 50cm long and 20cm wide from a short rhizome with a cluster of short tubers[ 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. , 989 Title The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore. Vol. 13 Publication Author Publisher Government Printing Office, Singapore Year 1950 ISBN Description A botanical journal, it includes a treatment of the Zingiberaceae of the Malay Peninsula. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.