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Alpinia oxyphylla, the sharp-leaf galangal, is a species of ginger native to East Asia. It was first described by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel. [1] [2] [3]
Ginger powder is used in food preparations intended primarily for pregnant or nursing women, the most popular one being katlu, which is a mixture of gum resin, ghee, nuts, and sugar. Ginger is also consumed in candied and pickled form. In Japan, ginger is pickled to make beni shōga and gari or grated and used raw on tofu or noodles.
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 .
Curcuma longa - Turmeric is native to southern Asia and is a cold hardy variety of ginger grown from zones 7/8. [2] [10] Hedychium coronarium - White Ginger is native to south and east Asia and is a cold hardy variety of ginger grown from zones 7. [2] [11] Kaempferia galanga - Sand ginger or black galangal is a cold hardy variety of ginger ...
Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell ginger among other names, is a perennial species of ginger native to East Asia. The plants can grow up to 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 ft) tall and bear colorful funnel-shaped flowers. They are grown as ornamentals and their leaves are used in cuisine and traditional medicine.
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.
Alpinia globosa, round Chinese cardamom, is a species of ginger native to East Asia. It was first described by João de Loureiro , and got its current name from Paul Fedorowitsch Horaninow . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Zingiber spectabile is a species of true ginger, native to Maritime Southeast Asia. It is primarily grown in the West as an ornamental plant, [1] although it has been used in South-East Asia as a medicinal herb. [2]