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Curcuma longa | |
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Species: | C. longa
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Curcuma longa |
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a spice, widely used in Asian cooking. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.[2]