Zingiberaceae
Zedoary
Curcuma zedoaria
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Curcuma
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- جدوار, زدوار, سطوال
- arz
- جدوار
- Azerbaijani
- Zedoar sarıkökü
- ban
- Temu putih
- Burmese
- နနွင်းခါးပင်
- Cantonese
- 高良薑
- Chinese
- 白莪朮, 白莪术, 山姜黄, 臭屎姜, 莪朮, 莪术, 蓬莪茂, 薑黃
- Czech
- Zedoár
- English
- Zedoary, Temu putih, White turmeric
- Filipino
- Luya-luyahan
- Finnish
- Keralankurkuma
- French
- Zédoaire
- German
- Zitwerwurzel
- Hindi
- कचूर
- iba
- Entemu
- Indonesian
- Temu putih
- Japanese
- ガジュツ
- Javanese
- Temu putih
- Korean
- 봉술
- mad
- Temmo potè
- Malay
- Kunyit emas
- Malayalam
- കച്ചൂരം
- Marathi
- कचोरा
- Nepali
- कचुर
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Zedoar
- Persian
- جدوار
- Polish
- Ostryż cytwarowy
- Punjabi
- ਕਚੂਰ
- Russian
- Куркума цедоария
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမိၼ်ႉၶူမ်
- Slovak
- Zedoár
- Swedish
- Sittverrot
- Tajik
- Задвор
- Telugu
- కచోరము
- Thai
- ขมิ้นอ้อย
- Ukrainian
- Куркума цедоарія
- Vietnamese
- Nghệ đen
- za
- Ginghgunh
Synonyms
- Amomum latifolium Lam.
- Amomum zedoaria Christm.
- Costus luteus Blanco
- Costus nigricans Blanco
- Curcuma malabarica Velay., Amalraj & Mural.
- Curcuma pallida Lour.
- Curcuma raktakanta Mangaly & M.Sabu
- Curcuma speciosa Link
- Roscoea lutea (Blanco) Hassk.
- Roscoea nigrociliata Hassk.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Beah Vega, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adrien Jailloux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stevie Steele, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.