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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH391 : Curcuma inodora Blatt.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 58  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Zingiberales
Family : Zingiberaceae - Ginger family
Genus : Curcuma L - curcuma
Species : Curcuma inodora
Plant Location in Melghat : Most common in Melghat  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Near threatened  
Plant Family : Zingiberaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Bedi Halad, Scentless Turmeric
 
Synonym : Curcuma purpurea Blatt.
Description : a small herb with one of the showiest flowers in all Curucuma species. They are large pink. The plant is mainly found in South India. It grows up to a height of 4 ft. The plant goes dormant in November but resurfaces in May from the underground bulbs
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : used by the tribals as a hair tonic and for cure of wounds.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

~ Patil, HM and Bhaskar, VV; "Medicinal uses of plnats by tribal medicine men of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra"; Natural Product Radiance (2006); 5(2): 125-130 PMID :