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Systematic and variability studies on ‘hidden purple ginger’, Curcuma inodora Blatter J. (Zingiberaceae) – an endemic promising ginger from Peninsular India

K.M. Prabhu KumarDepartment of Botany, University of Calicut, India;Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, India
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V.P. ThomasDepartment of Botany, University of Calicut, India;Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, India
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M. SabuDepartment of Botany, University of Calicut, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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A.V. PrasanthDepartment of Botany, University of Calicut, India
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K.V. MohananDepartment of Botany, University of Calicut, India
Pages 123-130 | Received 04 Mar 2014, Accepted 04 Apr 2014, Published online: 25 Jul 2014

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