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|Min ht metric=cm
|familia=Zingiberaceae
|genus=Zingiber
|species=officinale
|common_name=Ginger, Common ginger, Stem ginger, Canton ginger
|habit=bulbous
|Min ht box=3
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=5
|Max ht metric=ft
|Max wd box=3
|Max wd metric=ft
|origin=Tropical Asia
|poisonous=reactions in some
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=part-sun
|features=edible
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Upload.png
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=11
|image=Zingiber officinale.JPG
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Ginger plant
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Zingiber officinale, Roscoe. Ginger. Fig. 4047. Sts. normally more than 3 ft. high from a tuberous rhizome: lvs. sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, attenuate-acuminate at base, up to 8 in. long and scarcely 3/4 in. broad: spikes ellipsoidal, obtuse, dense, 2 in. long; bracts ovate, pale green, margins often yellow: calyx crenate; corolla yellowish green, lobes lanceolate, acute, lip oblong-ovate, purple, yellow-spotted, lateral lobes ovate, acute. Native of Trop. Asia, but cult. throughout the tropics and intro. into S. Fla. Gn. 26, p. 284.
Zingiber officinale, Roscoe. Ginger. Sts. normally more than 3 ft. high from a tuberous rhizome: lvs. sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, attenuate-acuminate at base, up to 8 in. long and scarcely 3/4 in. broad: spikes ellipsoidal, obtuse, dense, 2 in. long; bracts ovate, pale green, margins often yellow: calyx crenate; corolla yellowish green, lobes lanceolate, acute, lip oblong-ovate, purple, yellow-spotted, lateral lobes ovate, acute. Native of Trop. Asia, but cult. throughout the tropics and intro. into S. Fla.
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''[[Zingiber]] officinale'' is grown for the spicy aromatic root, popular in cooking and as medicine, as well as for aesthetic reasons in warm climes. Leaves are glossy green and narrow. Small green inflorescences have white and pink-maroon buds and yellow flowers. Plant comes in various forms. Most forms sterile.
''[[Zingiber]] officinale'' is grown for the spicy aromatic root, popular in cooking and as medicine, as well as for aesthetic reasons in warm climes. Leaves are glossy green and narrow. Small green inflorescences have white and pink-maroon buds and yellow flowers. Plant comes in various forms. Most forms sterile.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Zingiber officinale01.jpg|Ginger root
Image:ginger-section.jpg|Ginger section
Image:ginger-section.jpg|Ginger section
Image:gingerfield.jpg|Ginger field
Image:gingerfield.jpg|Ginger field
Image:Koeh-146.jpg|Sketch of ginger plant
Image:Koeh-146.jpg|Sketch of ginger plant
File:Zingiber officinale young sprout.jpg|
</gallery>
</gallery>
==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
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