Botanical Name

Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp [Zingiberaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Robert Wight

Collection Date-s

June 1836

Collection Location

Peninsula Indiae Orientalis: Malabar [India]

Colonial Context

Danish India 1620–1869

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Curcuma aurantiaca Zijp (= C. ecalcarata); det. Jana Škorničková 2008-08; Curcuma; det. Kai Larsen 1962; Hedychium

Ownership and Collection Management History

Wight 2795; ex K

Common Names

Wild ginger [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00925162

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)