There are many different species of turmeric. The most commonly used is Curcuma longa, also known as Curcuma domestica. The two main varieties of the C. longa species are Alleppey and Madras. Alleppey is preferred in the United States.
The news is a little better for women, a little worse for men. Life expectancy for females is 81.2 years; for males, it's 76.4 years. That difference of 4.8 years is the same as in 2011.
MYTH - The fact is that Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury to women between. the ages of 15 - 44 in the U.S. -more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined. (Uniform Crime. Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991.) Of the women murdered each year in the U.S., 30% are killed.