Plant Information

Common Name: GINGER
Scientific Name: Zingiber officinalis

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R100.00

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Description

• Perennial
• Deciduous plant with thick, branching rhizomes, stout upright stems, and pointed lanceolate leaves, arranged in two ranks on either side of the stem.
• Yellow-green flowers, with a deep purple, yellow-marked lip, are produced in dence spikes.
• Needs well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil in sun or partial shade, with high humidity.
• Ginger is treated as an annual crop - plants need a ten month growing season for optimum rhizome production.

Culinary Uses

• Popular spice
• Marinade pork steaks/chops
• Seafood, fish, poultry, vegetables, noodles, cakes, chutney, jams, drinks

Parts Used

• Rhizomes

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Treat indigestion, colic, flatulence, nausea, gastro-intestinal infection
• Control post-operative nausea and travel sickness
• Circulatory remedy - chilblains and poor circulation to hands and feet
• High blood pressure and arteriosclerosis
• Antiseptic and inflammatory - rheumatism
• Respiratory conditions - colds, flu, reduces fever
• Inhibits coughing

Other Uses

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