Common Ginger

Zingiber officinale

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Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	8-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	1.5
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Fast
Uses
Utility	Cosmetic, Essential Oil, oil
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Leaves, Root, Shoots
Edible uses	Oil, Condiment, Drink, Tea
Names
Alternate name	Cooking stem, canton, ada, adi, adrak, aduwa, ai thing, ale, aliah, allam, allamu, amada, andrakam, ardraka, binzali, cagolaya ni vavalagi, chiang, entangawuzi, fiu, gengibre, gernber, gin, gingembre, giung, gung, hajing, halia, haliya, hasisunti, imbir, inchi, inguru, ingwer, inji, jahe, jengibre, jeung, jiang, jinjaa, kaphu, kari, kebab, keung, khing, knei, luya, sawh-thing, shoga, theing, zangabil, zenzero, zimioga, aadar shuth, ada, adab, adarakha, adasuth, adi, adrak, adu, aduwa, african ginger, afu, agumetakui, ajej, ajenjibre, akakadur, akakaduru, ale, alea, alla, allam, allamu, andrakam, ardak, ardrak, ardraka, ardrakam, ardrakamu, asunglasemtong, ata-le, ata-le jinja, atale, ausadha, au?adha, baojiang, beuing, chhebok, chiang, chichámbara, chitta, chukku, citaraho, cochin ginger, common ginger, cukku (dried rhizome), cu??i, djae, dried ginger rhizome, extractum zingiberis liquidum, fresh ginger, gan jiang, ganjiang, garden ginger, gember, gemberwortel, gengibre, gingembre, gingembre (rhizome de), ginger, ginger liquid extract, ginger oil, ginger root, ginger tincture, ginger\|inguru, gnji, gringer, gung, gyömbér gyökértörzs, gznger, halia, halia bara, halia hudangsia, halia merah, halia padi, halija, haliya bara, hasishunti, hasishunti kash, hasisunti, hli, imbieru šakniastiebiai, inchi, ingberwurgel, ingefära, ingefær, ingefærc, inguere, inguru, ingvera saknenis, ingverijuurikas, ingwer, ingwerwurzelstock, injee, inji, inkivääri, iñci (fresh rhizome), jahe, jamaica ginger, janzabeil, jengibre, raíz, rizoma de, jenjibre, jiang, jiang ding, jiang liujingao, jiang pi, jinja, jion, kakaduru, kakaotshofa, kallamu, kan chiang, kanga, katubhadra, kaubhadra, ka?ubhadra, kerati, khenseing, khiang, khing, khing klaeng, khing phueak, khing-daeng, khuong, kingra, kintoki, konga, korenika pravega ingverja, kulekhara, klacze imbiru, lahja, lakottai, lei, luya, mahausadha, mangawizi, muhau?adha, naara, narumaruppu matil, ngesnges, niamaku, nkrabro, nkrallia, nkrawusa, nagara, oda, odzahui, oleoresin ginger, oshoga, palana, palu, pao jiang, paojiang, powdered ginger, prepared dried ginger, processed ginger, raw ginger, rhizoma zingiberis, rhizoma zingiberis officinale, rhizoma zingiberis praeparatum, rhizoma zingiberis recens, rimpang jahe, rizom de ghimbir, sa-e, saenggang, sahangrez, sakanjabir, sankanjabir, saunth, semmar, sga, sge ugser, sheng jiang, shengiang, shengjiang, shenjing, sho-ont, shoga, shokyo, shonkyoh, shonth, shouhkyoh, shunthi, sinziminli, sman-sga, sonth, sonthi, soonth, srngavera, sukkh, sukku, sund, sundh, sunth, suntha, sunthi, sunti, tangawizi, tinctura zingiberis, tsintsimin, tsintsimir, tunga, ularnta iñci, unbleached ginger, visva, visvabhesaja, visvausadha, visvabhe?aja, visvaua?adha, vi?amu?iya amirtam, verkkompu, wai, zangabil ee-e-tar, zanjabeel, zanjabeel ratab, zanjabeel taza, zanjabil, zencebîl, zencefîl, zenzero, zenzero rizoma, zinam, zingabil urratab, zingiber, zingiber (dried ginger), zingiber officinale, zingiberis processum rhizoma, zingiberis rhizoma, zingiberis rhizoma crudus, zingiberis rhizoma praeparatum, zingiberis rhizoma pulveratum, zingiberis rhizoma recens, zingibil, zinjabil, zinjabîl, zázvorový oddenek, ardraka (rhizome), arttarakam, dumbierový podzemok, su??hi (rhizome), s??gavera
Taxonomy
Family	Zingiberaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India
Introduced into	Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is.
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:01:14 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:40:11 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Common Ginger

Zingiber officinale

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