EPPO Global Database

Curcuma longa(CURLO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CURLO
  • Preferred name: Curcuma longa
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

India. Cultivated as a root vegetable, yielding the spice/colouring agent turmeric. Introduced in Bangladesh, Indochina (except Laos), Malesia (except Sulawesi, Moluccas), China (southwestern, including Tibet, Taiwan), Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Central America, Caribbean, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Curcuma domestica Valeton

Common names
Name Language
turmeric English
Gelbwurzel German
Kurkuma German
curcuma French
safran des Indes French
azafron de la India Spanish
curcuma longa Spanish
curcuma Italian
radice gialla Italian
açafrão-das-índias Portuguese
açafrão-dos-trópicos Portuguese
curcuma Portuguese
ukon Japanese
ウコン Japanese
камин чан Russian
jiāng huáng Chinese
姜黄 Chinese
haldee Hindi
हल्दी Hindi
kunyit Indonesian