Details for: PI 49877, Curcuma longa L.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Curcuma longa L.

Origin:

Collected – Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Apr 1920

PI Assigned:

1920

Inventory Volume:

63
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Curcuma longa L.

Origin:

Collected – Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Apr 1920

PI Assigned:

1920

Source History

Collected

28 January 1920.
Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Collector(s):

Shantz, H.L., United States Department of Agriculture

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Curcuma longa L.

Genus:

Curcuma

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Zingiberoideae

Tribe:

Zingibereae

Nomen number:

12676

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:2. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/12/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Curcuma domestica Valeton

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Indian-saffron	1	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 499-500.
English	turmeric	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	curcuma	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	safran des Indes	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Gelbwurzel	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kurkuma	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	ukon	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Portuguese	açafrão-da-Índia	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Portuguese (Brazil)	açafrão-da-terra	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	açafroeira	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	gengibre-dourada	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	azafrán de la India	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cúrcuma	2	Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española (on-line resource). Note: re. common names
Swedish	gurkmeja	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	ulgeum	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:95.

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