Botanical Name

Curcuma caesia Roxb. [Zingiberaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collection Date-s

1810 – 1816

Collection Location

India orientali

Colonial Context

Danish India 1620–1869

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Curcuma cæsia; Scitaminea

Ownership and Collection Management History

misit Nathaniel Wallich 1810 [1816?]; ex herb. N. Hofman Bang

Common Names

Black turmeric [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00925163

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)