Ginger is an herbaceous annual plant that can grow in low-lying areas or in the mountains with an altitude up to 1,700 meters above sea level. This herbal plant actually originated from India, then spread to other tropical regions.
Ginger is included in Zingiberaceal tribe, one family with other herbs such as Cucuma Xanthorrizha, Cucuma Aeruginosa, Cucuma domestica, Kaempteria galanga, galanga Lenguas, and others.
There are three kinds of ginger plants based on shape, color and aroma that is: big white ginger (Zingiber officinale var), small white ginger (Zingiber officinale var amarum), and red ginger (Zingiber officinale var rubrum).
Stem ginger is a pseudo stem, composed of leaves, slender shape, round, and rather soft. Ginger plants grow upright and form clumps. The leaves of this herb in pairs of two-two sword-shaped lines are arranged in two criss cross, dark green colored leaves with younger bone clearly visible. Flowers out of the ground surface, which emerged from the side rhizome roots when plants are old enough. Color yellowish white flowers.
The roots of this herb rhizome-shaped, aromatic, and spicy. Rhizome like horns, forked meetings, the long round, round a bit short. Dirty brown outer skin. If the roots are cut, it was meat rhizomes are yellow, while red ginger (Zingiber officinale var rubrum), red, flavorful ginger typical sharp and somewhat spicy.
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