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2. Ginger - Wikipedia

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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. [2] 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.

3. Alpinia purpurata - Wikipedia

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   Alpinia purpurata, commonly referred to as red ginger, ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, is a ginger native to Maluku and the southwest Pacific islands.In typical ginger fashion, A. purpurata is a rhizomatous plant, spreading underground in a horizontal growth habit, sending feeder roots downwards into the substrate and sprouting leafy vertical stems from nodes located along the rhizome.

4. Zingiberaceae - Wikipedia

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   Zingiberaceae (/ ˌ z ɪ n dʒ ɪ b ɪ ˈ r eɪ s i. iː /) or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species [4] of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

5. Wild ginger - Wikipedia

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   Wild ginger may refer to any of a variety of plants, often with a similar appearance, odour or taste to cultivated ginger. Species involved include: Species involved include: Any of the Alpinia species, especially A. caerulea , a large tropical flowering plant

6. Zingiber - Wikipedia

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   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 , [ 6 ] though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the family Zingiberaceae .

7. You Don't Need a Garden to Grow Ginger—Here's How to ... - AOL

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   Ginger plants are heavy feeders and will benefit from a monthly application of fish emulsion or kelp, providing a quick release of nutrients to the soil. How to Harvest Ginger Grown Indoors.

8. Health benefits of ginger: A guide to the plant's powers - AOL

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   Ginger has been used for some 2,000 years to treat specific health conditions. Today, the plant's benefits are being recognized on a global scale.

9. Zingiber spectabile - Wikipedia

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   In common with most plants in genus Zingiber, the leaves of the plant are long and mostly oblong shaped, tapering to a single point at their tip. Under ideal circumstances, the plant can reach a height of 4.5 metres (15 ft), or even more. [5] The plant's inflorescence is set atop a spike and can measure up to 30 centimetres (12 in) in height.