Definition Of Ginger

Ginger, Zingiberaceae ginger is a perennial herb. Rhizome with yellow-green flowers and pungent fragrance. The plant height is 0.5-1 meters; the rhizomes are thick, multi-branched, aromatic and spicy. Leaf blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, glabrous, sessile; leaf tongue membranous. The total peduncle is 25 cm long; the spikes are cone-shaped; the bracts are ovoid, light green or light yellow at the edge, with small pointed tips. The calyx tube is about 1 cm long; the corolla is yellow-green, lobes lanceolate; the central lobes of the lip are oblong and obovate.

It is widely cultivated in central, southeast and southwestern China in Xianfeng Huolonglaifeng, Tongshan, Yangxin, Echeng, Xianning, Daye and other places. It is also commonly cultivated in tropical Asia.

The rhizome is used for medicinal purposes. Fresh or dried products can be used as cooking ingredients or made into pickles and sugar ginger. Aroma oil can be extracted from stems, leaves, and rhizomes, and used in food, beverages and cosmetic fragrances.

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