Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb.
- Family: Zingiberaceae
- Vernacular names: Manjakoova, മഞ്ഞക്കൂവ (Malayalam), Zedoary (English), Kachura (Sanskrit), Casthoorie munjel (Tamil)
- Distribution: Cultivated and naturalised in Indo-Malaya
- Description: Rhizomatous herbs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, clouded with purple along the midrib. Flowers in compact, oblong spike; flowers yellow.
- Habit: Herb
- Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Flowering & Fruiting: April-July
- Parts used: Rhizomes
- Properties & Uses: Rhizome is carminative, appetizer, anthelmintic and blood purifier; externally applied to bruises and sprains and to promote eruptions of small-pox. Rhizome paste is applied to forehead in headache. Essential oil from rhizome is anthelmintic and antimicrobial.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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