Curcuma longa L.

  • Filed As

    Zingiberaceae
    Curcuma longa L.

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Varadarajan 1503, 03 Aug 1987

  • Location

    Philippines. Panay Island, southwestern range of Mt Baloy, 1.5 km east of Lublub.

  • Habitat

    moist rocky crevices along rainforest.

  • Description

    A moist, fleshy herb with nearly sessile spike with pink, translucent, nerved bract. Pale, zygomorphic flowers.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4355473

    Occurrence ID: 0c029952-5858-479e-b925-adbe0063943a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Zingiberaceae

  • All Determinations

    Curcuma longa L.

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Panay Island, southwestern range of Mt Baloy, 1.5 km east of Lublub

  • Elevation

    Alt. 300 m. (984 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    11.08, 122.03

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PHILIPPINES
Genus: Curcuma
Species: lonqa
Authority: L.
Family: Zingiberaceae
Det. By: G.S. Varadarajan August 3, 1987
Field Chr: A moist, fleshy herb with nearly sessile spike with
pink, translucent, nerved bract.
Notes: Pale, zygomorphic flowers.
Locality: Panay Island: Southwestern range of Mt. Baloy, 1.5 km
east of Lublub.
Habitat: Moist-rocky crevices along rainforest.
Alt.: ca 300 m Geogr. Coord.: 11 05 NX 122 02 E
Coll.: G.S. Varadarajan, Reynoso, Fernando, Mosing
No.: 1503 Coll. Date: August 3, 1987
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number: Q6601621-X, Q6601622-Y.
Collected under contract to: U.S. National Cancer Institute,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Harvard
University), and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago).
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