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. 2021 Sep 21;8:747956. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.747956

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Copyright © 2021 Tripathy, Verma, Thakur, Patel, Srivastav, Singh, Gupta, Chávez-González, Aguilar, Chakravorty, Verma and Utama.

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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) plants are with the following features: (A) A highly branched standing C. longa plant with cylindrical rhizomes of yellowish to orange color. (B) Broad long and simple leaves with long petioles (leaf stems) grow from branching rhizomes that lie just below the surface of the soil. (C) Inflorescence is terminal, spike-shaped, and cylindrical, having laterally green united bracts with reddish spots. (D) It produces very pretty, tall white flower spikes. (E) C. longa rhizomes with yellowish to orange color. (F) The natural and major bioactive compound of the C. longa plant.