Dies ist eine alte Version des Dokuments!
Zingiberaceae - syn. Amomum zedoaria Christm., white turmeric, zedoary, Weiße Curcuma, Zitwer
Native to Southeast Asia (Java); flowering stem 20-25cm long, appearing before the leaves; leaves 4-6, long petioled, oblong-lanceolate, finely acuminate, glabrous on both surfaces; flowers in spikes, yellow, corolla tube twice as long as calyx, funnel-shaped; fruit a ovoid capsule; ellipsoid seeds with a white lacerate aril; rootstock of palmately branched sessile cyclindric oblong annulate tubers, pale yellow inside, with camphoraceous odor and spicy taste.
„The essential oil produced from the dried roots of Curcuma zedoaria is used in perfumery and soap fabrication, as well as an ingredient in bitter tonics. The curcuminoid 1,7-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4,6-heptatrien-3-one, and the sesquiterpenes procurcumenol and epiprocurcumenol can be found in C. zedoaria.“ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcuma_zedoaria
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitwerwurzel
