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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zingiberoideae |
| Tribe: | Zingibereae |
| Genus: | Curcuma |
| Species: | C. glauca
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| Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škorničk. (2015)
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Taxonomy
editThe 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]
- Hitchenia careyana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker = Larsenianthus careyanus (Benth.) W.J.Kress & Mood
- Hitchenia caulina (J.Graham) Baker = Curcuma caulina J.Graham
- Hitchenia musacea Baker = Stachyphrynium latifolium (Blume) K.Schum.
- Hitchenia roscoeana (Wall.) Benth. & Hook.f. = Curcuma roscoeana Wall.
Curcuma and Larsenianthus are in the family Zingiberaceae , but Stachyphrynium is in Marantaceae.
References
edit- ^ a b c Curcuma glauca (Wall.) Škorničk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "ဆေးဖက်ဝင်တဲ့ မာလာဖူး ရဲ့ အကျိုးအာနိသင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ Hitchenia Wall. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
External links
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