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Chinese: yu jin

English: curcuma tuber

Pharmaceutical: Curcumae Radix

Properties: Acrid, bitter, cold

Standard Species: Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen & C. Ling, Curcuma longa L., Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee & C. F. Liang, Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton

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Curcuma aromatica Salisb – University of Kumamoto, Medicinal Herb Garden

Curcuma aromatica Salisb – University of Kumamoto, Medicinal Herb Garden
(Photo by TH Tanaka)