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Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Curcuma glauca is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a rhizomatous geophyte endemic to Myanmar.[1] The plant, which is called malaphu (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in Burmese cuisine.[2]
| Curcuma glauca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zingiberoideae |
| Tribe: | Zingibereae |
| Genus: | Curcuma |
| Species: | C. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škorničk. (2015) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The species was first described as Hitchenia glauca by Nathaniel Wallich in 1835.[1] The genus Hitchenia has now been subsumed into Curcuma,[3] with some species now included in other genera.[4]
Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae , but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.
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