Dave Poole wrote or quoted:
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:37:10 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:

Anyone know if you can grow Turmeric, Galangal or Karachi from roots in
the UK?

Can't tell you anything about karachi root, but judging by the
rhizomes (upside down in the pic) I suspect it may be a form of
ginger as are the other two.

My spelling might have helped:

Boesenbergia pandurata - krachai/finger root

I can confirm it a member of Zingiberaceae (the ginger family).

Thanks for the comprehensive post ;-)

I'll have a go with some of these. The freshest turmeric I can
get hold of comes from a fridge - I hope it's still viable.
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