Curcuma LONGA L.
| Synonym : | Amomum curcuma Jacq. Curcuma soloensis Valeton Stissera curcuma Giseke Stissera curcuma Raeusch. |
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| Bangla Name : | Halud, Haldi. ,Chith Nu, Ranjan (Marma), Sudai (Tipra). |
| English Name : | Turmeric. |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | Laxative, carminative, diuretic, stimulant, vulnerary, tonic, alexiteric, emollient, scabies, itches, boils, abscess, eczema, leucoderma, eye diseases, pains, bruises and sprains, cough, cold, fever, inflammations, ozoena, biliousness, dyspepsia, jaundice |
| Description : | A tall rhizomatous herb, with orange yellow rhizomes, strongly aromatic. Leaves very large, tufted, up to 1.2 m or more long, petiole long, blade oblong-lanceolate. Flowers in dense spike, 10-15 cm long, in the centre of the tuft of leaves, flowering bracts pale green, coma bracts greenish white or tinged with pink. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated all over Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Rhizome contains curcumin (0.3-5.4%), an essential oil composed mainly of turmerone, atlantone, zingiberone and other sesquiterpenes and sugars. It also contains hydorxycinnamic, hydroxybenzoic acids, oleoresin, campesterol, stigmasterol, ?-sitosterol, ch |
| Uses : | The rhizome is laxative, carminative, diuretic, stimulant, vulnerary, tonic, alexiteric and emollient. Externally rhizome is used in the treatment of scabies, itches, boils, abscess, eczema, leucoderma, eye diseases, pains, bruises and sprains, internally |
| Habit : | Herb |