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[[File:Curcuma aromatica.jpg|thumb|right|''Kasthuri arishina'', ''Curcuma aromatica'']]
'''Kasthuri arishina''' (common name: wild turmeric) is a member of the Curcuma genus belonging to the family Zingiberaceae. Botanically close to Curcuma australasica, wild turmeric has been widely used as a cosmetic herbal in South Asia and nearby regions.
== Description Uses== The wild [[ginger]] is one among the 80 members of Zingiberaceae family of plants. The perennial foliage dies down {{Uses|Blisters in late autumn and the rhizomes remain dormant mouths}}, {{Uses|mouth sores}}, {{Uses|bleeding piles}}, {{Uses|leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Mild diabetes}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|physical weakness}}, {{Uses|ulcer}}, {{Uses|Urinary trouble}}, {{Uses|snakebite}}, {{Uses|infection in winterintestine}}. The inflorescence appears in early spring from the base of the rhizomes ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|mature seeds}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}. ==Chemical Composition==Mature seeds contain alkali like abrine, precatorine, etc. During summer monsoon season and the immediately following weeks, the plant grows fast and vigorouslyabraline; toxalbumin like abrin I, II, III, etc. The stalk grows to about 20–30 centimetres , abrus agglutinin I, II (7A.9–11P.8 inA Ⅰ, Ⅱ) tall, sterols like abricin, squnalene, alcohol likeβ-amyrin, cycloartenol, 5β-cholanic acid, abrussic acid, sophoradiol, trimethyltryptophan abrusin galactose, arabinose, xylose, polysaccharide and is crowned with enlarged coloured bracts with pink tipsflavonoids compounds, Seed covers contain gallic acid, abranin), delphinidin. Leaves often appear even after the flowers. When in full growth the plants can reach a height of about40 cm <ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=Gulaganji|ml=Kunni, Kunnikkuru|sa=Gunja|ta=Gundumani, Kundumani|te=Gurivinda or Guriginja|hi=Gaungchi, Gunchi|en=equirity}} ==Habit=={{Habit| A small wiry straggler(16 in5m) tall}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}
== Uses =Fruit==={{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled||seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}
==Common nameList of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== * [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
== External Links How to plant/cultivate==The more common species of Aconitum are generally those cultivated in gardens, especially hybrids. They typically thrive in well-drained evenly moist garden soils like the related hellebores and delphiniums, and can grow in the shade of trees.
