Details for: NA 87457, Curcuma longa L., NA 87457


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Curcuma longa L.
Top Name:
NA 87457
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
07 Apr 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Curcuma longa L.
Top Name:
NA 87457
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
07 Apr 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 87457
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Curcuma longa. Obtained by USNA staff visiting the Smithsonian Institution greenhouses (courtesy of Carl Johnson, SI greenhouse manager). At time of accessioning, recorded at SI as C. soloensis, the name under which it was received from RBGE; it is a synonym of C. longa.
Curcuma longa L.
Genus:
Curcuma
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Zingiberoideae
Tribe:
Zingibereae
Nomen number:

12676
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:2. 1753
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishIndian-saffron  1Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 499-500.
Englishturmeric  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchcurcuma  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchsafran des Indes  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanGelbwurzel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKurkuma  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajiukon  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Portugueseaçafrão-da-Índia  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Portuguese (Brazil)açafrão-da-terra  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)açafroeira  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)gengibre-dourada  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishazafrán de la India  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcúrcuma  2Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española (on-line resource). Note: re. common names
Swedishgurkmeja  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreanulgeum  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:95.
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