Anthropos: Anthropos, 59.1964

Anthropos, 59.1964

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Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

Persistent identifier:: BV043334262

Title:: Anthropos

Sub Title:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Place of Publication:: Fribourg

Publisher:: Ed. St. Paul

Year of Publication:: 1906

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

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Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711746

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711746

Persistent identifier:: 1510143432746

Title:: Anthropos, 59.1964

Year of Publication:: 1964

Call Number:: LA 1118

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Issue

Title:: Bd. 59, 1964, Heft 1-2

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Title:: Indigenous Uses of Turmeric (Curcuma domestica) in Asia and Oceania

Other person:: Sopher, David E.

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Indigenous Uses of Turmeric (Curcuma domestica) in Asia and Oceania By David E. Sopher Contents : 1. The Turmeric Plant, Curcuma Domestica 2. Turmeric in Indian Domestic Rites 3. Turmeric in Domestic Rites Outside India 4. Turmeric as Dye and Pigment 5. Turmeric as Condiment and Colouring Matter in Food 6. Turmeric in Magic and Folk Medicine 7. Turmeric in Agricultural Rites Turmeric, Curcuma domestica (or C. longa), is best known in Europe and mer ica as a condiment. However, the plant has other uses that are prominent t-U lr * the _ social and religious life of people in southern Asia and Oceania where C - domestica is widely distributed. A detailed consideration of the distribution 0f the cultivated plant and its uses is undertaken here with the purpose of shedding light on the conditions of its domestication, propagation, and dis persal. 1. The Turmeric Plant, Curcuma Domestica C. domestica is a native of southern or southeastern Asia but it is highly questionable whether a wild form of the plant is known anywhere. The p an no longer seems to have the power of fruiting, and Burkill considers it to be a c nltigen (14). This is supported by the genetic evidence, the basic chromosome n nmber of the genus Curcuma being 21, while that of C. domestica is variously glVen as 62 and 64 (28). Thus, the plant is a sterile tnploid and the implica ion ls ^at the species has resulted from continued selection and cultiva ion y Ve §etative reproduction of some unknown wild ancestor. ... i The classification and nomenclature of the Curcumas in spite of works * Uch as Valeton's (130), remain somewhat confused, making all the more 1‘fficult the location of the probable centre of domestication of C. domestica says : “Though several species of Curcuma are undoubtedly natives o Watt

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