Nutritional and Medicinal Values of Turmeric

Turmeric (curcuma longa Linn) is a monocotyledonous plant belonging to the family

Zingiberaceae and consists of many species.

Turmeric is a shallow-rooted crop and an herbaceous plant with thick and fleshy rhizomes.

Its origin has been traced to south and southern Asia. Turmeric is a cross-pollinated,

triploid species which can be vegetatively propagated using its underground rhizomes.

Here are about 76 cultivars of turmeric in the germplasm of the NRCRI, Umudike.

Ten out of these are being evaluated on multlocational trial. Theyare:NCL41, NCL58,

NCL39, NCL14, NCL52, NCL04, NCL25, NCL60 and NCL36. Turmeric has often been

viewed as irrelevant and uneconomic solutions to global nutritional problems.

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