This is *Curcuma amada *commony known as "Mango Ginger" found as wild plant
in Bengal.
Tanay
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Yeah is is some wild turmeric but not Curcuma longa for sure.
> Cant be sure of species. But. during summer one of the plants which
> comes out like this is Curcuma angustifolia. Floral stalk emerges
> before the foliar stalk. But cant confirm.
> Pankaj
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya
> <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Pankaj ji....
> > do u think its some kind of wild turmeric?
> > well....i took this snap in May 2010.
> >
> > regards
> > Shantanu : )
> >
> >
> > On 10/6/10, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is a Curcuma, but cant be sure of the species. When was it
> flowering?
> >> Pankaj
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya
> >> <shnt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi
> >> > got this wild flower near a bamboo glade of Shyamkhola few kms away
> from
> >> > Kolkata.
> >> > what flower this can be????
> >> >
> >> > regards
> >> > Shantanu : )
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Department of Habitat Ecology
> Wildlife Institute of India
> Post Box # 18
> Dehradun - 248001, India
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