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Curcuma aeruginosa is a perennial tropical herb from the ginger family, grown for its ornamental pink and yellow flowers and its rhizomatous storage tubers. It needs warm, humid, wet tropical conditions with consistently moist soil.
Curcuma aeruginosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial herb with pink and yellow flowers, that is native to south Asia. The species was described in 1810, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Curcuma aeruginosa is native to the wet tropical biome of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It has been introduced to India. The species grows at elevations of 100–259 metres (328–850 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Curcuma aeruginosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
