coloring agent for various items including cotton, silk, paper, wood, foodstuffs, and cosmetics.
Turmeric(Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae(of the suborder Zingiberoidae), consists of more than a hundred species and several varieties of rhizomatous herbs, grown extensively in East and Southeast Asia. The commonly used ginger, Zingiber officinale Rosc., is also an economically imporant member of the same family.