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ginger
Also known as Zingiber officinale, ginger root
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of leaves) about one meter tall, bearing narrow leaf blades. The inflorescences bear flowers having pale yellow petals with purple edges, and arise directly from the rhizome on separate shoots.
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Ginger is a plant whose underground root is widely used as both a spice and a traditional medicine. It grows as a perennial herb with tall leafy stems and distinctive flowers that emerge directly from the root.
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Species
Data DeficientFamilyZingiberaceae
Native toAssam, China South-Central, East Himalaya
Zingiber officinale, the root ginger of commerce, is cultivated in the Hazara region m Haripur and Tret. Also cultivated in the Sind and Punjab Plains. It is always propagated by rhizomes. The rhizomes are dug up while the plant is in the vegetative state and thus it rarely flowers.
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Key facts
- Nutritional value.name
- Ginger root (raw)
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- Cross-section of ginger root
- Nutritional value.kJ
- 333
- Nutritional value.water
- 79 g
- Nutritional value.protein
- 1.82 g
- Nutritional value.fat
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24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Origin and distribution
- History
- Horticulture
- Production
- Production in India
- Ginger farming
- Transportation and export of ginger
- Uses
- Culinary
- Asia
- North America
- Western countries
- Middle East
- Similar ingredients
- Nutrition
- Composition and safety
- Chemistry
- Research
- Adverse effects
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of leaves) about one meter tall, bearing narrow leaf blades. The inflorescences bear flowers having pale yellow petals with purple edges, and arise directly from the rhizome on separate shoots.
Ginger is in the family Zingiberaceae, which also includes turmeric (Curcuma longa), cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), and galangal. Ginger originated in Maritime Southeast Asia and was likely domesticated first by the Austronesian peoples. It was transported with them throughout the Indo-Pacific during the Austronesian expansion (), reaching as far as Hawaii. Ginger is one of the first spices to have been exported from Asia, arriving in Europe with the spice trade, and was used by ancient Greeks and Romans. The distantly related dicots in the genus Asarum are commonly called wild ginger because of their similar taste.