Zingiberaceae
Common turmeric
Curcuma longa
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Curcuma
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Common names
By language (42)
- Amharic
- ሕርድ
- Arabic
- الكركم, عقيد هندي, هرد
- arz
- كركم
- Bangla
- হলদি
- Bulgarian
- Турмерик
- Catalan
- Cúrcuma
- Chinese
- 姜黄, 郁金, 鬱金, 寶鼎香, 黃薑, 黄姜, 薑黃
- Czech
- Kurkuma, Kurkumovník dlouhý
- Danish
- Curcumin, E-100
- Dutch
- Kurkuma, Manjal, Turmeric
- English
- Common turmeric, Indian saffron, Medicinal plant, Turmeric, Turmeric plant
- Filipino
- Luyang dilaw, Turmeric
- Finnish
- Kurkuma
- French
- Curcuma, Curcumin, Faux safran, Safran calédonien, Safran des Indes
- German
- Curcuma, Gelbwurzel, Kurkume
- Greek
- Κιτρινόριζα
- Hungarian
- Curcumae rhizoma
- Indonesian
- Kunir, Turmeric
- Irish
- Tuirmeiric
- Italian
- Curcuma, Turmeric
- Japanese
- うこん, アキウコン, ウッチン, キゾメグサ, ターメリック, ハルディ, 宇金, 玉金
- Lithuanian
- Turmerikas
- Luxembourgish
- Kurkuma
- Macedonian
- Долга куркума
- Malayalam
- Turmeric
- nds
- Kurkuma
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kurkuma
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kurkuma
- Persian
- زرد چوبه, زرچوبه
- Polish
- Kurkuma długa, Ostryż indyjski
- Portuguese
- Cúrcuma, Açafrão da terra, Açafrão indiano
- Russian
- Желтый имбирь, Кукурма домашняя
- Slovak
- Kurkuma, Kurkuma dlhá
- Slovenian
- Kurkuma
- Spanish
- Cúrcuma, Azafran cimarron, Azafran cimarrón, Azafrán cimarron, Azafrán cimarrón, Curcuma, E100ii, Guisador
- Sundanese
- Koneng
- Swedish
- Turmeric
- Tamil
- கறிமஞ்சள்
- Thai
- Turmeric, ขมิ้นชัน, ต้นขมิ้น
- Tongan
- Zingiber officinale, Zingiber zerumbet
- Turkish
- Hint safranı
- Uzbek
- Zarcho'va, Zarcho`va, Zarcho‘va
Synonyms
- Amomum curcuma Jacq.
- Curcuma domestica Valeton
- Curcuma tinctoria Guibourt
- Kua domestica Medik.
- Stissera curcuma Giseke
- Stissera curcuma Raeusch.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March, May to November (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiragmunje, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paula Romano, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dana Lee Ling, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 48_Tajudin Hasan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eric Chan W.C., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nur saffana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ramesh Shenai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mary Rose M. Briones, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Intan Nor Aini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.