Curcuma zedoaria, zedoary - magic-plants ethnobotany

Curcuma zedoaria, zedoary

Botanical names: Curcuma zedoaria, Amomum zedoaria, Amomum latifolium, Curcuma pallida, Erndlia subpersonata, Erndlia zerumbet, Amomum latifolium, Curcuma zerumbet, Curcuma officinalis, Curcuma speciosa, Costus luteus, Costus nigricans, Roscoea nigrociliata		Zingiberaceae
Common names English: zedoary, white turmeric, kentjur Spanish: zedoaria French: zédoaire German: Zitwerwurzel, Zitwer, Weiße Curcuma
Active constituents: essential oil, curcuminoid, procurcumenol, epiprocurcumenol

Curcuma zedoaria, zedoary

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants