Botanical Name

Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe [Zingiberaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

[König]

Collection Date-s

1768 – 1785

Collection Location

ex Ind. Orient.

Colonial Context

Danish India 1620–1869

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe; det. Rosemary M. Smith 1992-10; Curcuma; det. Kai Larsen 1960; Amomum an Curcuma

Ownership and Collection Management History

[no.] 2; misit Johann G. König; ex herb. Martin Vahl; König Herbarium; Recorded in the catalogue of the König collections 1

Common Names

White turmeric; zedoary [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00925180

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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