Curcuma (curcuma longa)
Curcuma longa
Plante herbacée vivace rhizomateuse cultivée pour son rhizome aromatique de couleur orangée, utilisé comme épice et colorant. Originaire d’Asie du Sud-Est, aime le climat chaud et humide.
Partial shadeWater highPerennial1 months of harvest
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When to sow, plant and harvest
Temperate climate · mainland FranceJFMAMJJASOND
Sowing
Planting
Harvest
Characteristics
General
- Plant type
- Aromatic
- Life cycle
- Perennial
- Growth habit
- Bushy
Growing conditions
- Nutrients
- High
- Soil type
- Silty
- Water needs
- High
- Exposure
- Partial shade
- Hours of sun
- 4 h
- Cold hardiness
- Low
- Heat tolerance
- Good
Sowing and planting
- Sowing method
- Direct in open ground
- Sowing depth
- 50 mm
- Minimum temperature
- 21 °C
- Propagation
- Division