common turmeric

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Curcuma longa (Common Turmeric) is a species of perennial herb in the family Zingiberaceae.

• URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
• Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
• Attribution: <Stevens, P. F. %282001 onwards%29. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi%5Fp.html#perennial>

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EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

• type specimen repository
  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
  • Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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• lipids
  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_18059
  • Definition: a loosely defined term for substances of biological origin that are soluble in nonpolar solvents. They consist of saponifiable lipids, such as glycerides (fats and oils) and phospholipids, as well as nonsaponifiable lipids, principally steroids
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