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Escobedia grandiflora
Escobedia grandiflora is a plant in the family Orobanchaceae.
E. grandiflora is distributed in the Americas, in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
American communities use the roots as a seasoning, to color food, and as medicine. This species is often confused with turmeric (Curcuma longa), which is an introduced species to the American continent to which it has adapted well. In the industry, it is used to color cheese, margarine, and butter. Popularly, it is used against jaundice, hepatitis, and liver diseases.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Escobedia grandiflora 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.
