The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*tamu₂ turmeric: Curcuma zedoaria

PWMP tamu₂ turmeric: Curcuma zedoaria

WMP
Kapampangan tamu a plant: Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.)
Tagalog támo a plant: Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.)
Balinese tamu turmeric; dye
Malagasy tamu-tamu the turmeric plant (iintroduced); the root is pounded and used as a poultice for abscesses by the Betsileo, and along with some other things for hydrophobia; the leaves are used in the form of vapor baths for malarial fever; it also affords a yellow dye