Curcuma aeruginosa
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APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Cladus: commelinids • Ordo: Zingiberales • Familia: Zingiberaceae • Genus: Curcuma • Species: Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. (1810)
Description
[edit]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.
