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|accepted_name=Curcuma zedoaria
|accepted_authority=(Christmann) Roscoe
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
|place=8: 354. 1807
|year=1807
}}
|common_names=Zedoary
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Amomum zedoaria
|authority=Christmann
|publication_title=in G. F. Christmann and G. W. F. Panzer, Vollst. Pflanzensyst.
|publication_place=5: 12. 1779
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Curcuma pallida
|authority=Loureiro
}}
|hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Curcuma;Curcuma zedoaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Curcuma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Curcuma zedoaria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaf </b>blades narrowly ovate or elliptical, 45–67 × 15–22 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> erect, 11–23 × 5–10 cm; bracts of main axis whitish proximally, green (proximal bracts) or pink (distal bracts) distally; proximal bracts ovate to rectangular, deeply saccate, 4–4.5 × 4 cm, apex obtuse or truncate-apiculate; distal bracts narrowly ovate, 8–9 × 4–4.5 cm, apex rounded. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth white or spotted with purple; staminodes pale yellow with yellow streak down center of lip.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (May).
|habitat=Disturbed lakeshore
|elevation=50 m
|distribution=Fla.;native;Asia (ne India).
|discussion=<p><i>Curcuma zedoaria</i> is grown commercially in Asia for its starchy rhizome, which is used as a condiment or tonic.</p>
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name=Curcuma zedoaria
|author=
|authority=(Christmann) Roscoe
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Curcuma pallida
|basionyms=Amomum zedoaria
|family=Zingiberaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (May).
|habitat=Disturbed lakeshore
|elevation=50 m
|distribution=Fla.;native;Asia (ne India).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
|publication year=1807
|special status=
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|genus=Curcuma
|species=Curcuma zedoaria
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