KAEMPFERIA ROTUNDA
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The roots of this Ceylonese plant have a fragant smell, and warm, bitterish, aromatic taste. They are in wrinkled, gray, ash-coloured, heavy, firm, short pieces; of a brownish-red colour within; and are stimulant and carminative. According to some, the round zedoary is furnished by Curcuma zerumbet; the long, Zedoa'ria longa, by Curcuma zedoa'ria.
By Robley Dunglison
