Tumeric (for Color)
<p><b >Turmeric</b> (<i ><b>Curcuma longa</b></i>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizomatous" title="Rhizomatous" class="mw-redirect" >rhizomatous</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbaceous" title="Herbaceous" class="mw-redirect" >herbaceous</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_plant" title="Perennial plant" >perennial plant</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger" title="Ginger" >ginger</a> family, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zingiberaceae" title="Zingiberaceae" >Zingiberaceae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eddm_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumeric#cite_note-eddm-1" >[2]</a></sup> It is native to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical" title="Tropical" class="mw-redirect" >tropical</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia" >South Asia</a> and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C (68 °F and 86 °F) and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumeric#cite_note-2" >[3]</a></sup> Plants are gathered annually for their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome" title="Rhizome" >rhizomes</a>, and propagated from some of those rhizomes in the following season.</p>