Plant Details

Accepted name:: Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaiangpor	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
adavi-kachhola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavipasuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amalanica	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambe haldi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavarittira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
auruqul-kafur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
castoorie munjel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cochin turmeric	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
cunaittavakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cunaittavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuntiran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutatali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dravida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
draviḍa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
durlabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
e zhu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
e'zhu	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
ekangi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gandamasti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandha sunthi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gandhamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhamulaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jadvār	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
jatala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ka tsu ra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu arisina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccolakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kach-cholam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kach-churi-kizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachalam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachcholam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachchurikizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachhuraha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachoeramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachora	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachoram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachoramu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kachur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachuro	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kacoraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kakhur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalihaladi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalihaldi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalpaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karccuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karchura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
karcura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karcurah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karcūra (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karppurakiccili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karppurakkiccilikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpurakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karshya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasthooripasupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kastori-manjal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katturimancal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kazhur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khamin oi	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
kharal ki hui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kicchilikizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiccili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiccili-k-kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiccilik kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiccilik-kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiccilikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kicciliver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kich-chili-gaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kich-chilik-kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichchiligaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichchilik-kishangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichchilikkizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichhiligaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichili	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kichili gadda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kichili kilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichili-gaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichilic-kizhanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kichilikilhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirandi dakaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kitchiliki zhangu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kizhangu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kochora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korankimulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krachura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurpakatikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurupakatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuv	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
long zedoary	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
mancatpula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narakachora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattukkiccilikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruvisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirvisam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirvisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirvisham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padam kizhangu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pirutupala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poolan kilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pula-kizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulakizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulamulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulan-kizhanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulan-kizhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulan-kizhanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulankilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulankilhangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulavin kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
radix curcumae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
round zedoary	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
sali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatakachuro	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sothi	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
talaivalipokki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turmeric tuber	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
uruk-el-kafur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urukelkafur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanaharidra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vedhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yu jin	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
zadwar saida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zarambad	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zedoaria	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
zedoariae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
zedoary	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zedoary turmeric	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
zhuranbad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zitwer	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
zitwerwurzelstock	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
zurambad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zuranbad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zéodaire	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
جدوار	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ガジュツ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
莪术	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
tuber	dried root tuber	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Rhizome	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rhizomes		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
rhizome, ess. oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome	dried pieces of rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root	vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum latifolium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 4 (1796), nom. illeg.
Amomum zedoaria Christm. in G.F.Christmann & G.W.F.Panzer, Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 5: 12 (1779).
Costus luteus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 4 (1837).
Costus nigricans Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 3 (1845).
Curcuma malabarica Velay., Amalraj & Mural. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 189 (1990).
Curcuma pallida Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 9 (1790).
Curcuma porphyrotaenia Zipp. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 114 (1904).
Curcuma raktakanta Mangaly & M.Sabu J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 12: 475 (1988 publ. 1989).
Curcuma speciosa Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 3 (1821), nom. superfl.
Erndlia zerumbet Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 199 (1792).
Roscoea lutea (Blanco) Hassk. Flora 47: 21 (1864), nom. illeg.
Roscoea nigrociliata Hassk. Flora 47: 21 (1864).
Zingiber truncatum Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 68 (1812), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Curcuma zedoaria	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Curcuma zedoaria (Berg) Rosc.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Curcuma zedoaria (Berg) Roscoe	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Curcuma zedoaria (Berger) Rascoe	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Curcuma zedoaria (Bergius) Rosc.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Curcuma zedoaria (Christ.) Roscoe	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Curcuma zedoaria (Christmann) Roscoe	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Curcuma zedoaria Rosc.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Curcuma zedoaria Rose	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Curcuma zeodaria	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Curcuma zeodaria Roscoe	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Curucuma zedoaria	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Curucuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)

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