Vcl. 1 



ZINGIBERACEAE 243 



12. BOESENBERGIA O. Kuntze 

 (Gastrochilus Wallich, non Don) 

 BOESENBERGIA LONGIPETIOLATA (Ridl.) comb. nov. 



Gastrochilus longipetiolatus Ridl. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 

 166. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), F. B. 9110 Whitford & Hutchinson, B\. S. 

 S6798 Ramos & Edano. In primary forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 

 Local name: Bubunad (Sub.). 



13. CURCUMA Linnaeus 



CURCUMA LONGA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 2; Blanco PI. Filip. (1837) 5, 

 ed. 2 (1845) 4, ed. 3, 1 (1877) 6, t. 3; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 

 221; K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 20 (1904) 108; Ridl. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 167. 

 Curcuma xanthorrhiza Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 (1877-83) 

 t. 3, Novis. App. (1880) 222, non Roxb. 



Widely distributed in the Philippines in and about towns, sometimes in 

 open waste places, sometimes planted, Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 917, Elmer 

 11933. A native of India, now pantropic. Turmeric. 



Local names: Angai (Pamp.) ; barak (Kuy.) ; dilau (Tag.) ; dulau (S. 



L. Bis.) ; kalabaga (Bis.) ; kalauag (Mbo., Bis.) ; kinamboi (Bis.) ; kulalo 



(Pamp.) ; kulyau (Ilk.) ; kunig (Ilk.) ; kunik (Ibn.) ; lampuyang (P. Bis.) ; 



lauag (Sub.); luyang-dilau (Tag.); pangas (Pamp.); salampauyan (Bag.). 



CURCUMA ZEDOARIA (Berg.) Rose. Monandr. PI. (1828) t. 109; K. 



Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 20 (1904) 110; Ridl. in Govt. Lab. 



Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 84, Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 



166; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 433; Fl. Manila 



(1912) 158, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 109; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 



8 (1919) 2977 (err. zeodaeria). 



Amomum zedoaria Berg. Mat. Med. (1788) 41. 



Curcuma zerumbet Roxb. PI. Coromandel 2 (1798) t. 101; Naves 



Novis. App. (1880) 222. 

 Costus nigricans Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 3, ed. 2 (1845) 3, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 5. . 

 Costus luteus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 4, ed. 2 (1845) 3, ed. 3, 1 



(1877) 6. 

 Roscoea wigro-ciliata Hassk. in Flora 47 (1864) 21. 

 Roscoea lutea Hassk. 1. c. 



In open waste places in and near towns throughout the Philippines, 

 often abundant; certainly introduced. India to Malaya. 



Local names: Alimpuyas (C. Bis.) ; alimpuying (C. Bis.) ; barak (Tag.) ; 

 bolon (Tag.); ganda (Sbl.) ; konik (Ilk.); koniko (Bon.); lampoyang 

 (P. Bis.); langkuas (Ilk.); luya-luyahan (Tag.); tamahiba (Tag.); tama- 

 hilan (Bik.) ; tamo (Pamp., Tag.); tamokansi (Tag.); unig (If.). 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.; Naves Novis. App. (1880) 222. 

 Curcuma australasica Hook, f.; Naves op. cit. 221. 

 Curcuma caesia Roxb.; Naves op. cit. 222. 

 Curcuma purpurascens Blume; Naves 1. c. 

 Curcuma viridiflora Roxb.; Naves op. cit. 221. 



