Please check Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb. Please check whether the rhizome smells like camphor (Sabu 2006)
Regards Giby On 17 May 2012 11:55, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr Shigote: > you are lucky, this a rather not too common Black Haldi, used in Ayurvedic > therapies... > Let it grow and multiply ... and send us more pictures as more leaves and > flowers develop. Leave them in ground or soil of the pot for atleast two > years to grow and multiply.... > Please refer to Dr Pankaj sahani's replies above... > > Usha di > > = > @ Pankaj: you are right I have seen it in one of our herbal classes , > fresh and dried... > > had forgotten the binomial... > thanks > Usha di > ========== > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Caesia refers to blue colour (which may be dark or light or almost >> brinjal coloured). Its the same species and it is called kali haldi >> because of the black or blue ring present inside the rhizome and the >> dry rhizome is black and also due to blue stripe on the midrib of the >> leaf. But such stripes are found in many Curcuma. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:14 PM, ushadi Micromini >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Pankaj: I was thinking it was what is called kali haldi , most likely.. >> dont >> > know the binomial though... >> > the black/dark rib may be the id >> > usha di >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar < >> [email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Of course a Curcuma but which one? >> >> caesia? >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Usha di >> > =========== >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Orchid Conservation Section >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected] >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >> (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
