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We hit upon a clump of withered curcuma plants with dried yellow leaves,  in the forest next to the farm.  This is what we pulled out from underneath the plants; easily a kilogram : Close up with one of the rhizomes sliced opened. click for close up This is how you propagate the black kunyit fast.  Remove the rhizomes that extend down into the soil to use, and split those above to plant. NOTE 22/7/2012 : TWO READERS OF THIS BLOG, ONE FROM HAWAII, AND ANOTHER FROM LANGKAWI, PAK DIN,    http://herbwalk-langkawi.com.my/thewalk.html  HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS...

The latest craze in the US is black rice, touted as a superfood because of its high anthocyanin content.  Here's an article from Yahoo! News.   Wait till these direct sales marketers and health food companies get hold of our black kunyit . Just 3 fingernail size rhizomes produce this dark deep purple drink: I believe this curcuma is yet unnamed and clearly,...

Wild gingers have lovely flowers seldom seen. Some of the wild gingers planted at our farm are flowering (click on pics for enlarged image). Lovely flower of the temu kunci or fingerroot...

We have this very delicate small curcuma (barely a foot tall) that produces a completely black rhizome.     It is clearly not temu hitam or curcuma aeruginosa roxb.   The t emu...