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''Curcuma roscoeana'' (also known as jewel of Burma, orange ginger, orange hidden ginger, pride of Burma or Burmese hidden lily) is a plant of the
''Curcuma roscoeana'' (also known as jewel of Burma, orange ginger, orange hidden ginger, pride of Burma or Burmese hidden lily) is a plant of the Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical ...
or ginger
Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of ...
family.
It is native to Burma, India, Southeast Asia and Malaysia; its wild habitat is threatened.
Average height 2–3 feet. Flowers cone-shaped, bright orange or yellow, 4-5 inches. Blooms summer, fall. Bracts peach-orange to dark read-orange. Leaves broadly ovate to elliptic, light green, with darker veins, up to 12 inches long.
It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant for its beautiful flowers. It is one of the most popular curcumas.
Synonyms include: ''Curcuma kurzii'' King ex Baker; ''Curcuma coccinea'' Wall. ex Baker, nom. nud.; ''Hitchenia roscoeana'' Wall.; ''Hitcheniopsis roscoeana'' Wall.
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roscoeana Flora of tropical Asia Plants described in 1829 {{Zingiberales-stub