Curcuma aeruginosa

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APG II Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • RegnumPlantae • Cladeangiosperms • Clademonocots • Cladecommelinids • OrdoZingiberales • FamiliaZingiberaceae • GenusCurcuma • Species: Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. (1810)

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Pink and blue ginger [Curcuma Aeruginosa] is a type of turmeric whose rhizomes have pink tips and greyish-blue or blue centers. Except the rhizome, the rest of the plant resembles Curcuma Caesia, which is Black Turmeric, a turmeric with bluish-black rhizome. Pink and Blue ginger is claimed to have medicinal properties, as that of Black Turmeric.