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Curcuma caesia
Also called Black Turmeric, Black Zedoary
Curcuma caesia, black turmeric, is a perennial rhizomatous herb from the ginger family with bluish-black rhizomes, native to northeast India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It is grown for its ornamental foliage and medicinal rhizomes, and it needs a warm, seasonally dry period to rest.
Curcuma caesia, black turmeric or black zedoary, is a perennial herb with bluish-black rhizomes that is native to northeast India.
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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.
