Plant Details

Accepted name:: Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acafrao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
arqussofar	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
asabi-e-safr	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
avea	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cago rerega	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chiang-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
common tumeric	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
curcum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
curcuma	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
curcuma rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
curcuma root	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
curcumae longae radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
curcumae radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
curcumae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dilau	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
dilaw	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
e jhu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
e zhu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ezhu	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
gelbwurzel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
gezo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
goeratji	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
guang xi e zhu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guangxi turmeric	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guei yu jin	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
guiyujin	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
haku halu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
haladi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
haldi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
haldu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
hardi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
haridra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
hsanwen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
huang chiang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
hurid	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
indian saffron	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
jiânghuan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kaha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kakoenji	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kalo haledo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
khamin chan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
khaminchan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kiko eea	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kilunga kuku	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kitambwe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
koening	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
koenit	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
koenjet	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kondin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kooneit	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kunyit	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kurcum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kurkum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kurkumawurzelstock	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
luyang dilaw	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mandano	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
manjal	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
manjano	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
nghe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
nisha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
oendre	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pasupu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radix curcumae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rajani	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rame	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
renga	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhizoma curcumae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizoma curcumae longae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhizoma curcumae zedoariae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rhizome decurcuma	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
saffran vert	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
safran	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
safran des indes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
skyer-rtsa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tumeric	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tumeric rhizome	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tumeric root	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
turmeric	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
turmeric root tuber	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ukon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ul gum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
wong keong	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
wong keung	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yellowroot	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yii-chin	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
yu jin	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yujin	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
zardchob	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
zedoaria	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zedoary	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
zedoray rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ガジュツ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
广西莪术	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
廣西莪朮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
桂鬱金	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
莪朮	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
莪术	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
郁金	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鬱金	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhizome	dried rhizome	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
rhizome, root tuber		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root tuber		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Curcuma chuanyujin C.K.Hsieh & Hao Zhang J. W. China Univ. Med. Sci. 21(2): 179 (1990), contrary to Art. 37.7 ICBN (2006).
Curcuma kwangsiensis var. affinis Y.H.Chen Acta Pharm. Sin. 16: 387 (1981).
Curcuma kwangsiensis var. puberula Y.H.Chen Acta Pharm. Sin. 16: 387 (1981).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Curcuam kwangsiensis S. G. Leset C. F. Liang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma Kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma chuanyujin C. K. Hsieh et H. Zhang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma chuanyujin C.K.Hsieh & H.Zhang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Curcuma kwandsiensis Lee et Liang	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. G. Leeet C. F. Liang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. K. Lee & C. F. Liang	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. Lee et C.F. Liang	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee & C.F. Liang	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang,	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.g. Lee & C.f. Liang	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Curcuma kwangsinensis S.Lee & C.F.Liang	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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