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Curcuma ceratotheca is a rhizomatous ginger-family plant from Sulawesi that grows from underground storage organs. It is a wet tropical species, so it needs warmth, humidity and steady moisture while growing.
Curcuma ceratotheca is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae. The species was described in 1899, and is native to Sulawesi. It has rhizomes.
Curcuma ceratotheca is native to the wet tropical biome of Sulawesi.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Curcuma ceratotheca 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.
