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Curcuma longa

UH Manoa, Oahu

TURMERIC    'OLENA

Cultivated throughout the Pacific in wet lowlands.  Orange-fleshed rhizomes are boiled, dried, & ground to yield turmeric powder.  Used as spice, food color, dye, medicine.  Native to India & SE Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric