Curcuma picta

Curcuma picta Roxb. ex Škornick., Taxon 57: 959 2008. ;

India as per WCSP;

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/attach/544daa07265e0/Curcuma%20sp%20(1).JPG?part=0.1&authuser=0&view=1
 
MS May, 2019/02 Curcuma sp. for ID : 11 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)
Location : N.Vanlaiphai, Mizoram
Date : 22-05-2019
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wild
Altitude : ca 1,350 m
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. ?? 
Check the colour of the rhizome. Curcuma caesia or Curcuma zanthorrhiza
It is not C.caesia.
Colour of rhizome/bulb is white with yellow ring, I think
https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/attach/539fd5b52dcc7/20190523_213818.jpg?part=0.1&authuser=0&view=1
 
Same plant
Attachments (1) - 3 mb.
Since the rhizome is ivory coloured it may be Curcuma picta. I have deleted the earlier mail with plant and inflorescence. PL. forward the same.
The inflorescence is used as a vegetable by the local people. It grows wild near paddy fields.
C. picta ?
That is what ... has stated. 


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