Zingiberaceae culinary and medicinal

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

B Some Evidence

Ginger 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 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.

Culinary uses

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It is an herbaceous perennial that grows annual pseudostems 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.

Medicinal uses

B Some Evidence

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Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.