ginger

local name

White ginger (Northern region-Chiang Mai)/ Klaeng ginger, Red ginger (Eastern region-Chanthaburi)/ Sa-ae (Karen-Mae Hong Son)/ Ban ginger, Single flower ginger (Central region)

Common name: Garden ginger/ Ginger

Scientific name Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Zingiber genus

species officinale

Synonym

Amomum zingiber L.

Curcuma longifolia Wall.

Zingiber cholmondeleyi (F.M.Bailey) K.Schum.

Zingiber missionis Wall.

Zingiber sichuanense Z.Y.Zhu, S.L.Zhang & S.X.Chen

Family name: ZINGIBERACEAE

Plant group

flowering plants

Botanical characteristics

The herbaceous plant has an underground trunk called a rhizome. The trunk is 50-100 cm tall. The rhizome is round and flat. True stems have a jointed appearance and the flesh is white or light yellow. An artificial tree the size of a pencil, covered with sheaths or leaf bases.

The leaves are a single leaf type. They emerge alternately in two rows. The leaf petioles are long and wrap around the trunk. The green leaves are lance-shaped and the leaf bases are slender and pointed, 2 cm wide and 20 cm long.

Flowers emerge in clusters from underground stems that shoot up from the rhizome. The peduncle is 20 cm long. Every flower has a reddish-green bract. and will show flowers later

The fruit has 3 lobes. Inside are many black seeds. The fruit is round, large, and hard. The rhizome when mature is very spicy. The flesh of ginger rhizomes is yellowish in color.

Ecological conditions

shaded

ecological conditions

Likes loose, well-drained soil. Should start planting in the rainy season. This will help the ginger sprout quickly. Provide moderate water half day sunlight

Place of origin

Found mostly in Southeast Asia such as China, India, Indonesia and Thailand.

Distribution

The species is distributed in many countries such as Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, southeast China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic.

Planting and propagation

Propagated using rhizomes.

Utilization type

food, herbs

Rhizomes expel carminative, relieve vomiting, cough, expel phlegm, expel sweat.

Source : https://www.royalparkrajapruek.org/Plants