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two flowers, opening one at a time, thin-textured and 

 fugacious, white or yellowish white, with a broad yellow 

 band down the centre of the lip. The fruit does not 

 seem to be known. 



TURMERIC. 



NAMES 



The names in different languages are very different, 

 which is somewhat unusual in well-known Oriental 

 products. 



It is called Haridra in Sanskrit, Haldi in Hindu, 

 Halud in Bengal, Kurkum and Zarzud, Arabic ; Zard- 

 chobah, Persian ; Marinalu in Malayalam, Manjal 



