What is Zedoary?
{{More sources|date=July 2022}} {{taxobox |name = Zedoary |image = Curcuma zedoaria - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-048.jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]] |ordo = [[Zingiberales]] |familia = [[Zingiberaceae]] |genus = ''[[Curcuma]]'' |species = '''''C. zedoaria''''' |binomial = ''Curcuma zedoaria'' |binomial_authority = (Christm.) Roscoe |}} '''Zedoary''' is a perennial herb. This plant is native to India and Indonesia. == Uses == === Food === The eatable [[root]] of zedoary has a white core and an aroma like the [[mango]]; however, its taste is more similar to [[ginger]], except with a very bitter aftertaste. In Indonesia, it is ground to a [[powder]] and added to [[curry]] [[paste (food)|pastes]], whereas in India, it tends to be used fresh or in pickling. === Medicinal uses === Zedoary is also used in some traditional eastern medicines. Zedoary has been used to treat [[coronary heart disease]], liver cancer, [[anemia]], chronic pelvic [[inflammation]] and helps prevent [[leukopenia]] due to cancer therapies.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dharmananda, Ph.D |first1=Subhuti |title=Turmeric: What's in an Herb Name? How Turmeric (Jianghuang) and Curcuma (Yujin) Became Confused |url=http://www.itmonline.org/arts/turmeri3.htm |website=itmonline.org |accessdate=10 November 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425130152/http://www.itmonline.org/arts/turmeri3.htm |archivedate=25 April 2021 |language=en |date=March 1999}}</ref> == References == {{commons}} {{wikispecies}} {{reflist}} {{Herbs & spices}} {{taxonbar|from=Q206733}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Zingiberales]] {{biology-stub}}