CHAP. XIV 
TURMERIC 
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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- 
chohah, Persian ; Marinalu in Malay alam, Manjal 
