Turmeric – Curcuma longa

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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) or  or  is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.^[3] It is native in south west India, and needs temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive.^[4] Plants are gathered annually for their rhizomes, and propagated from some of those rhizomes in the following season.

Chemical composition of Curcuma longa

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