Dear all, Thanks for all the possible ids for my plant. Giby ji, I will keep in mind to check the rhizome next time I visit the farm. Prabhu ji...will also check if hair are present on the upper part of the leaf. Thanks for all the efforts taken. Regards, Aarti
On Oct 26, 10:45 am, Prabhu kumar KM <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Pankaj Ji and all, > > Without flower it is very difficult to identify the *Curcuma* species. > May be this plant is, *C. aeruginosa, C. xanthorrhiza *or* C. > caesia*(Syn:C. zeodaria) > We can easily differenciate this three species without flower by rhizome > character and hairy nature. > *C. aeruginosa :* After its maturity the rhizome shows bluish or violet > rings > *C. xanthorrhiza :* Rhizome colour yellow. > *C. caesia* : Of course the rhizome shows the bluish olour. But we can > identify this species by the hairy nature. In this species the hairs are > present in the upper part of leaf. This is the only one *Curcuma* sp. > showing this character. > > -- > *Prabhu Kumar K M* > Scientist > Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division > Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR) > & 'CMPR' Herbarium > Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala > Kottakkal, Malappuram > *E-mail: [email protected]*
