ingefära

Also known as Zingiber officinale, ginger root

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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

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FamilyZingiberaceae

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)
Nutritional value.image: Ginger cross section.jpg
Nutritional value.caption: Cross-section of ginger root
Nutritional value.kJ: 333
Nutritional value.water: 79 g
Nutritional value.protein: 1.82 g
Nutritional value.fat

Article · Svenska

Ingefära (Zingiber officinale) är namnet på en flerårig tropisk ört inom familjen ingefärsväxter (Zingiberaceae). Den grova och knöliga rotstocken ingefära-rhizom används som krydda i särskilt det asiatiska köket eller som medicinalväxt. Den farmaceutiska beteckningen för ingefära-rhizom är Zingiberis rhizoma.

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