Zingiber facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Zingiber |
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| Zingiber officinale 1896 illustration |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zingiberoideae |
| Tribe: | Zingibereae |
| Genus: | Zingiber Mill., 1754 |
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The plant group known as Zingiber is originally from Southeast Asia. You can find it especially in countries like Thailand, China, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea. This group includes the real ginger plants. People around the world grow these plants because they are very useful in cooking.
The most famous types are Zingiber officinale and Zingiber mioga. These are the two kinds of ginger you might see in gardens.
Cooking with Ginger Plants
Each type of Zingiber plant is used differently in cooking. For example, people value myoga for its stems and flowers.
The part of garden ginger that we use is called a rhizome. A rhizome is like an underground stem. This is the classic "ginger" spice that you know. You can use it whole, or make it into candied ginger, which is also called crystallized ginger. You can also dry it and grind it into a powder.
Other popular spices like cardamom and turmeric are related to ginger. However, they are not "true ginger" plants. They belong to different groups within the same plant family called Zingiberaceae.
Different Kinds of Ginger Plants
The Plants of the World Online website lists many different types of Zingiber plants. Here are some of them:
- Zingiber acuminatum
- Zingiber aguingayae
- Zingiber albiflorum
- Zingiber album
- Zingiber anamalayanum
- Zingiber angustifolium
- Zingiber apoense
- Zingiber argenteum
- Zingiber arunachalensis
- Zingiber atroporphyreum
- Zingiber atrorubens
- Zingiber aurantiacum
- Zingiber banhaoense
- Zingiber barbatum
- Zingiber belumense
- Zingiber bipinianum
- Zingiber bisectum
- Zingiber brachystachys
- Zingiber bradleyanum
- Zingiber brevifolium
- Zingiber bulusanense
- Zingiber callianthus
- Zingiber capitatum
- Zingiber cardiocheilum
- Zingiber castaneum
- Zingiber caudatum
- Zingiber cernuum
- Zingiber chantaranothaii
- Zingiber chengii
- Zingiber chlorobracteatum
- Zingiber chrysanthum
- Zingiber chrysostachys
- Zingiber citriodorum
- Zingiber clarkei
- Zingiber cochleariforme
- Zingiber collinsii
- Zingiber coloratum
- Zingiber corallinum
- Zingiber cornubracteatum
- Zingiber curtisii
- Zingiber cylindricum
- Zingiber densissimum
- Zingiber discolor
- Zingiber diwakarianum
- Zingiber eberhardtii
- Zingiber eborinum
- Zingiber elatius
- Zingiber elatum
- Zingiber ellipticum
- Zingiber engganoense
- Zingiber fallax
- Zingiber flagelliforme
- Zingiber flammeum
- Zingiber flaviflorum
- Zingiber flavofusiforme
- Zingiber flavomaculosum
- Zingiber flavovirens
- Zingiber fragile
- Zingiber fraseri
- Zingiber georgeae
- Zingiber gracile
- Zingiber gramineum
- Zingiber griffithii
- Zingiber guangxiense
- Zingiber gulinense
- Zingiber hainanense
- Zingiber idae
- Zingiber incomptum
- Zingiber inflexum
- Zingiber integrilabrum
- Zingiber integrum
- Zingiber intermedium
- Zingiber isanense
- Zingiber jiewhoei
- Zingiber junceum
- Zingiber kangleipakense
- Zingiber kawagoii
- Zingiber kelabitianum
- Zingiber kerrii
- Zingiber kunstleri
- Zingiber lambii
- Zingiber laoticum
- Zingiber larsenii
- Zingiber latifolium
- Zingiber lecongkietii
- Zingiber leptorrhizum
- Zingiber leptostachyum
- Zingiber leucochilum
- Zingiber ligulatum
- Zingiber limianum
- Zingiber lingyunense
- Zingiber loerzingii
- Zingiber longibracteatum
- Zingiber longiglande
- Zingiber longiligulatum
- Zingiber longipedunculatum
- Zingiber longyanjiang
- Zingiber macradenium
- Zingiber macrocephalum
- Zingiber macroglossum
- Zingiber macrorrhynchus
- Zingiber malaysianum : black ginger
- Zingiber marginatum
- Zingiber martini
- Zingiber matangense
- Zingiber matupiense
- Zingiber matutumense
- Zingiber mawangense
- Zingiber meghalayense
- Zingiber mekongense
- Zingiber mellis
- Zingiber microcheilum
- Zingiber mioga
- Zingiber mizoramense
- Zingiber molle
- Zingiber monglaense
- Zingiber monophyllum
- Zingiber montanum (also known as Z. cassumunar or Z. purpureum)
- Zingiber multibracteatum
- Zingiber murlenica
- Zingiber nanlingense
- Zingiber natmataungense
- Zingiber nazrinii
- Zingiber neesanum
- Zingiber neglectum
- Zingiber negrosense
- Zingiber neotruncatum
- Zingiber nigrimaculatum
- Zingiber nimmonii
- Zingiber nitens
- Zingiber niveum
- Zingiber odoriferum
- Zingiber officinale
- Zingiber oligophyllum
- Zingiber olivaceum
- Zingiber orbiculatum
- Zingiber ottensii
- Zingiber pachysiphon
- Zingiber panduratum
- Zingiber papuanum
- Zingiber pardocheilum
- Zingiber parishii
- Zingiber pauciflorum
- Zingiber pellitum
- Zingiber pendulum
- Zingiber petiolatum
- Zingiber pherimaense
- Zingiber phillippsiae
- Zingiber phumiangense
- Zingiber pleiostachyum
- Zingiber plicatum
- Zingiber popaense
- Zingiber porphyrochilum
- Zingiber porphyrosphaerum
- Zingiber pseudopungens
- Zingiber pseudosquarrosum
- Zingiber puberulum
- Zingiber purpureum
- Zingiber pyroglossum
- Zingiber raja
- Zingiber recurvatum
- Zingiber roseum
- Zingiber rubens
- Zingiber rufopilosum
- Zingiber sabuanum
- Zingiber sabun
- Zingiber sadakornii
- Zingiber salarkhanii
- Zingiber shuanglongense
- Zingiber simaoense
- Zingiber singapurense
- Zingiber skornickovae
- Zingiber smilesianum
- Zingiber spectabile
- Zingiber squarrosum
- Zingiber stenostachys
- Zingiber striolatum
- Zingiber subroseum
- Zingiber sulphureum
- Zingiber tenuifolium
- Zingiber tenuiscapus
- Zingiber thorelii
- Zingiber tuanjuum
- Zingiber ultralimitale
- Zingiber vanlithianum
- Zingiber velutinum
- Zingiber ventricosum
- Zingiber vinosum
- Zingiber viridiflavum
- Zingiber vittacheilum
- Zingiber vuquangense
- Zingiber wandingense
- Zingiber wightianum
- Zingiber wrayi
- Zingiber yersinii
- Zingiber yingjiangense
- Zingiber yunnanense
- Zingiber zerumbet : shampoo ginger
- Zingiber zhuxiense
Images for kids
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Zingiber cernuum
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Zingiber ottensii
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Zingiber macradenium
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Zingiber spectabile
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Zingiber wrayi
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Zingiber zerumbet
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Zingiber montanum
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Zingiber parishii
See also
In Spanish: Zingiber para niños
