Botanical Name

Curcuma sp. [Zingiberaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

[Wallich?]

Collection Date-s

1807 – 1845

Collection Location

e Sillet [Bangladesh]

Colonial Context

Danish India 1620–1869

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Curcuma Zerumbet

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. Frederik M. Liebmann [Possibly collected by Nathaniel Wallich]

Common Names

Turmeric [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00925186

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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