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Curcuma leucorrhiza

Curcuma leucorrhiza

Curcuma leucorrhiza Roxb.
Engl.: East Indian arrow-root.

Maranta.—Arrow-Root.

Botanical name: 
Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria ligtu
Artocarpus altilis
Calathea allouia
Canna indica
Colocasia esculenta
Curcuma angustifolia
Curcuma leucorrhiza
Dioscorea esculenta
Lewisia rediviva
Manihot esculenta
Maranta arundinacea
Maranta nobilis
Tacca leontopetaloides
Zamia integrifolia

Classic texts: King's 1898.

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78. Curcuma angustifolia, Roxburgh.—The Narrow-leaved Turmeric.

Botanical name: 
Curcuma angustifolia
Curcuma leucorrhiza
Curcuma rubescens

Classic texts: Pereira 1854.

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Curcuma.

Botanical name: 
Curcuma amada
Curcuma angustifolia
Curcuma leucorrhiza
Curcuma longa
Curcuma rubescens
Curcuma zedoaria

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

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42. Amylum.—Starch. Starch.

Botanical name: 
Zea mays
Oryza sativa
Avena sativa
Canna indica
Colocasia esculenta
Curcuma leucorrhiza
Manihot esculenta
Maranta arundinacea
Metroxylon sagu
Solanum tuberosum
Triticum aestivum

Fig. 20. Maranta starch (x 250) Fig. 21. Curcuma starch (x 350) Fig. 22. Wheat starch (x 250) Fig. 23. Rice starch (x 250) Fig. 24. Potato starch (x 250) Fig. 25. Corn starch (x 500) Classic texts: Sayre 1917.

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