Accession Data:
Curcuma comosa Roxb.
- Common Name:
- Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
- Country of Origin: Assam to Thailand
- Uses: Cultivated as medicinal for coughs and asthma.
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Accession Data:
- Accession # 201900164
- Source: Kress Collection, SI#1996229
- Provenance:
Collector# 96-5651 Kress, W. J., , Bell, D. A., (BOT), Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History (UNITED STATES), Yin Yin Kyi Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Kyaukpadaung Township Mt. Popa Park. Education Center Medicinal Garden. Cultivated. Native to Mt. Popa. 20.9211, 95.2119, 18 May 1996 Inflor. basal, on separate shoot. Bracts deep pink; appearing before leaves.
- Accession Date: 07-10-2019
- Bench: 3206 - ZING:tbd
- Currently: dormant
- Qty: 0 confirmed on 02-03-2022
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
- Tribe: Zingibereae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
- WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:56:30 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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