Though I did not check it up personally the local villagers say that the rhizomes are strongly scented and are used for culinary purposes. On 25 Apr 2016 13:20, "tsp kumar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes....I remember.The lower surface was densely pubescent.It can be see in > the first image on zooming in.Further I am given to understand that > C.aromatica flowers during spring and C.pseudomontana flowers during rainy > season.Considering the flowering season I strongly feel that the images are > that of C.aromatica. > On 25 Apr 2016 09:37, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "It seems to be Curcuma aromatica. check the rhizome color and leaf. If >> the rhizome is ivory colored and with camphor smell and lower side of leaf >> is densely pubescent there is a chance of C. aromatica. >> >> >> Thanks for reading this mail. >> With best regards >> Dr.M.Sabu >> Professor >> Taxonomy and Floristics Division >> Department of Botany >> Calicut University >> Kerala 673635, India." >> >> Thanks, Dr. Sabu. >> >> On 24 April 2016 at 11:38, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for validation please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> Curcuma pseudomontana--- >>> *Dr. Anil S. Bhuktar,* >>> >>> >>> >>> efi page on Curcuma pseudomontana >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/z/zingiberaceae/curcuma/curcuma-pseudomontana> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: tsp kumar <[email protected]> >>> Date: 20 April 2016 at 22:37 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:242089] 43-TSP-ID-20APR2016-1:Curcuma sp >>> (Zingiberaceae) for further ID >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> >>> >>> Kindly identify this plant.Is this Curcuma pseudomontana or Curcuma >>> aromatica...?? >>> >>> >>> Ref-1: >>> http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4535&cat=1 >>> >>> Ref-2: >>> http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=4549&cat=1 >>> >>> >>> >>> Habit:Rhizhomatous herb. >>> >>> >>> >>> Habitat:Wild,Moist deciduous forest floor. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sighting:Bhadra Tiger Reserve,Chikmagalur,Karnataka,about 1200 msl >>> >>> >>> >>> Date:14-04-2016 >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks and regards >>> >>> tspkumar >>> >>> Deputy Conservator of Forests >>> >>> Working Plan >>> >>> Chikmagalur >>> >>> Ph:988057158 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *“We have not inherited this planet from our forefathers, we have >>> borrowed it from our children”-An American proverb* >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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