Pink inflorescence and brown rhizome of round turmeric, Curcuma rotunda (Zingiberacea).

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Pink inflorescence and brown rhizome of round turmeric, Curcuma rotunda (Zingiberacea), used in Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.

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