Turmeric (Organic)

Botanical Name: Curcuma longa
Family: Zingiberaceae

Turmeric is a flowering plant Curcuma Longa of the ginger family, Zingiberacea. The rhizome (underground stem) of which is used as a culinary spice and traditional medicine. The rhizomes are used fresh or boiled in water and dried, after which they are ground into a deep orange-yellow powder commonly used as a coloring and flavoring agent.

Turmeric is tropical herb which grows in both tropics and subtropics. Soil used for its cultivation should be rich, friable and well drained sandy or clayey loam with a little higher sand content, but it can grown in different types of soils from sandy loam, light black, clay loams to red soils with a pH range of 4.5-7.5 which should have a good organic status. It grows at a temperature range of 20-35°c with an annual rainfall of 1500mm or more in a humid climatic condition.

Turmeric is a common spice and a major ingredient in curry powder. Curcumin is a major component of turmeric, and the activities of turmeric are commonly attributed to curcuminoids (curcumin and closely related substances). Curcumin gives turmeric its yellow color.

Turmeric was used in Ayurveda and other traditional medical systems as a dietary supplement for a variety of conditions, including arthritis, digestive disorders, respiratory infections, allergies, liver disease, depression, disorders of the skin and many others.

We offer:
• Dried whole, cleaned rhizome
• Dried sliced, from cleaned rhizome
• Powder, dried, clean rhizome
as per the requirement of customers.

We provide/offer organic turmeric to our customers, produces by our group of farmer in African countries (Nigeria, Madagascar). It is a high quality of Curcuma longa, which contain a very high percentage of curcumin.