Curcuma candida

Description

Kaempferia candida is a species of Liliopsida described by Nathaniel Wallich. Kaempferia candida belongs to the genus Kaempferia, and the family Zingiberaceae. None of these subspecies are listed. Kaempferia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and was one of the first Europeans to write detailed descriptions of plants there.