Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures / [Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge]. [Anon].

  • Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures / [Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge]. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Turmeric—Curcuma Jonga. eastern people seem so fond. The East-Indians make the same use of it. The roots of the curcuma longa spread far under the surface of the ground; they are long and succu- lent, and about half an inch in thickness, having many circular knots, from which arise four or five spear-shaped leaves, standing upon long foot-stalks. The flowers grow in loose scaly spikes, surmounting the foot-stalks which spring from the larger knots of the roots, and attain to about a foot in height. The