PubChem CID · CC0
(S)-(+)-Curcumene
Foods containing this compound
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical Tamil Nadu, in southeast India, and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C (68 °F and 86 °F) and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive. Plants are gathered annually for their rhizomes, and propagated from some of those rhizomes in the following season.


A yellow root used as a spice, medicine, and sacred element in Indian traditions and Telugu culture
culinary or medicinal herb, for the taxon use Q102240169
Species of plant

Species of plant used as a spice

Plant used as spice
Source
Compound data linked to PubChem CID 157009761, public domain via NCBI. Culinary context + ingredient mappings are maintained by Foodgeist's enrichment fleet and continuously re-matched by the pairings engine. PubChem CID 157009761