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Hidden Lily

Curcuma petiolata

Hidden Lily
Photo: Nathaniel Wallich, Public domain
Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Indo-China, Jawa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Curcuma petiolata (also known as jewel of Thailand, Siam tulip, hidden ginger, pastel hidden ginger, hidden lily or queen lily) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family.

It is native to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Java.

Other Curcuma plants

Curcuma achrae · Curcuma aeruginosa · Curcuma albiflora · Siam Tulip · Mango ginger · Curcuma amarissima · Curcuma andersonii · East Indian arrowroot · Curcuma · Australian Wild Turmeric · Curcuma bicolor · Black Tumeric

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Curcuma petiolata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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