Turmeric is a flowering plant, Curcuma longa, of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the rhizomes used in cooking. The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive. Plants are gathered each year for their rhizomes, some for propagation in the following season, and some for consumption.
Turmeric is a flowering plant, Curcuma longa, of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the rhizomes used in cooking. The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive. Plants are gathered each year for their rhizomes, some for propagation in the following season, and some for consumption.
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