Zingiberaceae
East Indian arrowroot
Curcuma angustifolia
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Curcuma
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Common names
By language (7)
- Assamese
- কেতুৰি
- English
- East Indian arrowroot
- Hindi
- तीखुर
- Malayalam
- കൂവ, Arrowroot
- Odia
- ପାଳୁଅ
- Polish
- Ostryż wąskolistny
- Vietnamese
- Nghệ lá hẹp
Photos
Photo: John Fleming, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.