Hill Turmeric is an erect herb, growing to 75 cm tall, found on moist, shaded areas of wet forests and along sluggish grassy slopes of higher altitude. It has stout rootstock bearing small almond like sub-globose tubers at the ends of the_fibrous roots. The tubers are fleshy and white inside, aromatic. Leaves 3-5, oblong-lancelike, 20-30 x 6-9 cm, base acute, tip sharp, margin entire, hairless; shiny; leaf stalk and the leaf sheath up to 20 cm long. Flowering spikes seen in the center of the previously formed tuft of leaves, 10-25 cm long, bearing numerous compactly arranged flowers; flowering bracts conspicuous, inverted eggshaped to lancelike, 3-5 x l.5-2,cm, apex rounded to acute, hairless; green with a pinktip. Non-flowering bracts (coma) oblong-lancelike, conspicuous, purple below and pinkish purple above. Flowers 2-4 in each fertile bract, bright yellow, 3 cm long and 4 cm broad. Capsules spherical, splitting by 3-valves, smooth. Seeds ovoid or oblong, usually covered with arils. Flowering: June-Septermber. This Particular Herb is Conserved and propagated ECOHERBS SUGANDHA VANAM Nursery
We conserve,propogate ,cultivate the endangered Medicinal Plants . We do trainings for School Children,women Groups and farmers in Medicinal Plants and its Usages. These are the main focus of Eco Herbs we are located @Sethumadai village,foot hills of Anaimalai Tiger Reserve Pollachi[TK]Coimbatore District,TamilNadu,India Mobile PH:+919976976767/+919489776767
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