Turmeric is a perennial herbaceous plant, which reaches a height of up to 1 meter in height. With very branched rhizomes, yellow to orange, cylindrical, aromatic. The leaves are arranged in two rows. They are divided into leaf pod, petiole and leaf blade. A false stem forms from the leaf sheaths. The petiole is 50 to 115 cm long. The simple leaf-blades are usually 76 to 115 cm long and rarely up to 230 cm long. They have a width of 38 to 45 cm and are oblong to elliptical narrowing at the tip.