Turmeric (YELLOW)
£20.00
Common Name: Turmeric
Botanical Name: Curcuma Longa
Sold in 50g bags – small sub 1cm chunks of turmeric root
Summary
Turmeric is a product of Curcuma longa, a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the ginger family Zingiberaceae, which is native to tropical South Asia. As many as 133 species of Curcuma have been identified worldwide (Table 13.2)
Grown in Europe since the Stone Age it has a long association with East Anglia, notably with Boudicca and the Iceni tribe who used woad to colour their faces before going into battle. Further north the Picts also gained notoriety for their body painting with the blue woad dye. The Romans referred to these Ancient Britons as ‘Picts’ as it is Celtic for “painted”.
4 in stock
SKU: turmeric
Category: Natural Dye Colour
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