Zingiber
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Zingiber is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand.[2][3][4][5] It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers. The genus name comes from Latin borrowing the Tamil name for the first species.[6]
Culinary
Each ginger species has a different culinary usage; for example, myoga is valued for the stem and flowers. Garden ginger's rhizome is the classic spice "ginger", and may be used whole, candied (known commonly as crystallized ginger), or dried and powdered. Other popular gingers used in cooking include cardamom and turmeric,[7] though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the family Zingiberaceae.
Species
As of January 2026[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following 212 species:[8]Template:R/superscript[8]
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References
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- ^ Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zingiber Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zingiber Miller,". Gardener's Dictionary Abridged. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). p. 1754 – via Flora of China.
- ^ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tripathi, S.; Singh, K.K. (2006). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Zingiber Boehm. in North-East India". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. 30: 520–532.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ravindran, P. N. (28 December 2017). The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices. CABI. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-78064-315-1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Flower notebook: Zingiber". Kalani Tropicals. Retrieved November 11, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zingiber Mill". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
External links
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- Flora of North China – Zingiber
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