FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Yok Don NP and adjacent areas
Zingiberaceae
Curcuma sp.

Vietnam, Dac Lac Prov., Buon Don Distr., Krong Na municipality, Yok Don national park, around point 12°51′27”N 107°41′52”E.

Open dry semi-deciduous Dipterocarpus forest on thin ferralite gray soils at elevation about 200 m a.s.l. along Srepok river valley.

Ephemeroid tuberiferous herb with leafless inflorescence to 30 cm tall. Flowers yellow, floral bracts purple. Common.

HLF 7328 23 March 2008 photo

Coll. N.T.Hiep, Averyanov L., P.K.Loc, N.T.Vinh, N.S.Khang, T.H.Thai, N.V.Trai
Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.