Curcuma amarissima is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae. The plant has underground storage organs, oblong leaves, and red flowers. The species is native to Asia, and was described in 1826.
Taxonomy The species was described by William Roscoe in 1826.
Distribution Curcuma amarissima is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of Bangladesh, south-central China, India, and Myanmar. It grows on forest floors, at elevations of around .
Description Curcuma amarissima grows up to tall. It has underground storage organs. The rhizomes are large, bitter, yellow on the inside, and bluish-green on the outside.
The leaf stems are long and reddish-brown. The leaves are oblong, around long, and around wide.
The inflorescence is a cylindrical spike, measuring around long, and wide. The fertile bracts are ovate, and around long. The sterile bracts are whitish, with a red and pink apex. The calyx is around long, and its apex has three lobes. The corolla is a red tube around long. The corolla has oblong lobes that are around long. The labellum is yellowish, semi-elliptical, and has three lobes. The plant flowers in May.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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