Request for identification

[Narendra Chatterjee]

[Saroj Kasaju]

Please check Curcuma longa L.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM Narendra Chatterjee <nnchat...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Please check Curcuma longa L. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju

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With regards,
J.M.Garg, 
https://efloraofindia.com/

[J.M. Garg]

Can you provide clear photos of the flowers and those of the rhizome?

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Please check Curcuma longa L. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Sabu ji

With regards,
J.M.Garg, 
https://efloraofindia.com/

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From: Mamiyil Sabu <>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov, 2025, 10:48 pm
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:483147] Request for identification
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Pl. check the colour and smell of the rhizome. Normally the coma bracts of C. longa is white in colour. I have also collected an inflorescence with a coma having slight purple colour from Gangtok.

Thanking you,

Sincerely yours,

M. Sabu Ph. D., FNA, FASc.

INSA-Senior Scientist

Former CSIR-Emeritus Scientist, Malabar Botanical Garden & IPS

Calicut 673014.

Former Professor & Head, Department of Botany
University of Calicut
Kerala, 673 635, India
Phone: 91--4952431545
Mobile: 91- 09447636333
Website: www.gingersofindia.com
https://botany.uoc.ac.in/index.php/sunojkumar?id=58

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