Dear Friends, I just would like to point out the differences between Curcuma and Zingiber IN TERMS OF LEAVES based on Backer & Bakhuizen (1963) Flora of Java.
Curcuma: leaves less than ten, distichous, lower one sheathing, penninerved, petiole proper well developed, shorter than leaf sheath belonging to it. Zingiber: leaves numerous, distichous, the lower one reduced and sheath like, pinnately nerved, petiole very short or absent. Best Wishes, Pudji Widodo Faculty of Biology Jenderal Soedirman University PURWOKERTO 53122 INDONESIA
