Present investigation deals with the pharmacognostic studies of some medicinally important species of Curcuma L. namely Curcuma amada Roxb., Curcuma aromatica Salisb., Curcuma caesia Roxb., Curcuma longa L. and Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe. Distinct variation was observed during foliar epidermal micromorphology study. Epidermal cell shape was found distinctly variable though cell wall outline was found to be straight in all the selected species. Leaves of the investigated taxa were found to be amphistomatic and the stomata are of tetracytic type. | Pharmacognostic studies of selected species of Curcuma L. a medicinally important member of the family Zingiberaceae