Curcuma andersonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to Myanmar, and was described in 1890.
Taxonomy John Gilbert Baker described the species in 1890, and placed it in the genus Kaempferia. In 1930, it was moved to the genus Stahlianthus. In 2015, Jana Leong-Škorničková, Otakar Šída, Eliška Záveská, and Karol Marhold sank Stahlianthus into Curcuma.
Curcuma andersonii is placed in the subgenus Hitcheniopsis.
Distribution Curcuma andersonii is native to the wet tropical biome of Myanmar.
Description Curcuma andersonii has underground storage organs.
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