Zedoary

Zedoary (Arab. Jedwar), certain species of Curcuma (see TURMERIC), natives of India, China, &c., whose root-stocks (rhizomes) are aromatic, bitter, pungent, and tonic, and are used for similar purposes with ginger. They are more used in the East than in Europe. The Round Zedoary of the shops is the produce of Curcuma zedoaria, having palmate root-stocks, straw-coloured within. Long Zedoary is produced by C. zcrumbet, having long palmate root-stocks, yellow within. Zedoary is a powerful sudorific.