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Curcuma zedoaria (zedoary /ˈzɛdəʊərɪ/, white turmeric, or temu putih) is a perennial herb and member of the genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae.The plant is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia but is now naturalized in other places including the US state of Florida. [2]
The research on the volatile rhizomes oil of Curcuma caesia resulted in the identification of 30 components, representing 97% of the oil, with camphor (28%), ar-turmerone (12%), (Z)-ocimene (8%), ar-curcumene (7%), 1,8-cineole (5%), elemene (5%), borneol (4%), bornyl acetate (3%) and curcumene (3%) as the major constituents.
Turmeric (/ ˈ t ɜːr m ər ɪ k, ˈ tj uː-/), [2] [3] or Curcuma longa (/ ˈ k ɜːr k j ʊ m ə ˈ l ɒ ŋ ɡ ə /), [4] [5] is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae.It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and high annual rainfall to thrive.
Bajigur is a hot and sweet beverage native to the Sundanese people of West Java, Indonesia.The main ingredients are coconut milk and Aren sugar; [1] usually to add taste, a small amount of ginger and a small pinch of salt.
Mount Kunyit (Indonesian: Gunung Kunyit, "Turmeric Mountain"; also known as Bukit Belerang) is a fumarolic stratovolcano on Talang Kemuning Village, Gunung Raya District, Kerinci Regency, Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia. [2] The summit contains two craters; the uppermost is a crater lake. [1]
Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together with slaked lime and betel leaves for their stimulant and narcotic effects, the primary psychoactive compound being arecoline.
The Orang Batin Sembilan, Orang Rimba or Anak Dalam are mobile, animist peoples who live throughout the lowland forests of southeast Sumatra. Kubu is a Malay exonym ascribed to them. In the Malay language, the word Kubu can mean defensive fortification, entrenchment, or a place of refuge.
The Temiar are a Senoic group indigenous to the Malay Peninsula and one of the largest of the eighteen Orang Asli groups of Malaysia. They reside mainly in Perak, Pahang and Kelantan. Their total population is estimated at around 40,000 to 120,000, most of which live on the fringes of the rainforest, while a small number have been urbanised.