A genus of tropical plants that includes turmeric, known for their bright yellow roots and use in spices and traditional medicine.
From Arabic 'kurkum' or Sanskrit 'kunkuma,' words for turmeric that traveled along trade routes from India and the Middle East into European botanical language.
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been used in Indian medicine for over 4,000 years, and modern science is finally catching up—discovering that curcumin actually does have genuine anti-inflammatory properties that work at the molecular level.
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