Zingiberaceae
Java ginger
Curcuma zanthorrhiza
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Curcuma
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Common names
By language (13)
- ban
- Temu lawak
- Chinese
- 黃紅薑黃, 黄红姜黄, 印尼莪术
- Dutch
- Temu lawak
- English
- Java ginger, Javanese ginger, Temulawak
- French
- Temu lawak
- gor
- Tomulawa
- Indonesian
- Temulawak
- Javanese
- Temulawak, Têmulawak
- mad
- Temmo labâk
- Malay
- Temu Lawak
- Sundanese
- Konéng gedé
- Thai
- ว่านชักมดลูก
- Vietnamese
- Nghệ rễ vàng, Nghệ cà ri
Photos
Photo: Ariyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Danny Steven S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ariyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ariyanto, 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). About our plant data.