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true gingers
Zingiber
The genus Zingiber is native to Southeast Asia, China, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their medicinal and culinary value. The most well-known is Z. officinale, garden ginger.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
beehive ginger
speciesZingiber spectabile
shampoo ginger
speciesZingiber zerumbet
Zingiber sect. Zingiber
sectionZingiber
Hair Ginger
speciesZingiber kawagoei
Zingiber chrysanthum
speciesZingiber chrysanthum
Myoga Ginger
speciesZingiber mioga
Zingiber chengii
speciesZingiber chengii
neesam ginger
speciesZingiber neesanum
Curved-Stem Ginger
speciesZingiber cernuum
Zingiber montanum
speciesZingiber montanum
Zingiber thorelii
speciesZingiber thorelii
Zingiber shuanglongense
speciesZingiber shuanglongense
Zingiber anamalayanum
speciesZingiber anamalayanum
Zingiber ottensii
speciesZingiber ottensii
Zingiber oligophyllum
speciesZingiber oligophyllum
Zingiber collinsii
speciesZingiber collinsii
Zingiber purpureum
speciesZingiber purpureum
Zingiber pachysiphon
speciesZingiber pachysiphon
Zingiber striolatum
speciesZingiber striolatum
Zingiber longipedunculatum
speciesZingiber longipedunculatum
Zingiber flavomaculosum
speciesZingiber flavomaculosum
Zingiber pseudopungens
speciesZingiber pseudopungens
Zingiber nimmonii
speciesZingiber nimmonii
Zingiber densissimum
speciesZingiber densissimum
Zingiber puberulum
speciesZingiber puberulum
Zingiber pyroglossum
speciesZingiber pyroglossum
Zingiber parishii
speciesZingiber parishii
Zingiber odoriferum
speciesZingiber odoriferum
Zingiber roseum
speciesZingiber roseum
Zingiber cochleariforme
speciesZingiber cochleariforme
Zingiber kelabitianum
speciesZingiber kelabitianum
Zingiber acuminatum
speciesZingiber acuminatum
Zingiber junceum
speciesZingiber junceum
Zingiber longibracteatum
speciesZingiber longibracteatum
Zingiber orbiculatum
speciesZingiber orbiculatum
Zingiber sadakornii
speciesZingiber sadakornii
Zingiber gramineum
speciesZingiber gramineum
Zingiber incomptum
speciesZingiber incomptum
Zingiber capitatum
speciesZingiber capitatum
Zingiber kerrii
speciesZingiber kerrii
Zingiber mekongense
speciesZingiber mekongense
Zingiber neotruncatum
speciesZingiber neotruncatum
Zingiber corallinum
speciesZingiber corallinum
Zingiber wrayi
speciesZingiber wrayi
Zingiber pellitum
speciesZingiber pellitum
Zingiber griffithii
speciesZingiber griffithii
Zingiber guangxiense
speciesZingiber guangxiense
Zingiber recurvatum
speciesZingiber recurvatum
Zingiber loerzingii
speciesZingiber loerzingii
Zingiber singapurense
speciesZingiber singapurense
Zingiber nanlingense
speciesZingiber nanlingense
Zingiber inflexum
speciesZingiber inflexum
Zingiber molle
speciesZingiber molle
Zingiber pleiostachyum
speciesZingiber pleiostachyum
Zingiber raja
speciesZingiber raja
Zingiber neglectum
speciesZingiber neglectum
Zingiber macradenium
speciesZingiber macradenium
Zingiber fraseri
speciesZingiber fraseri
Zingiber smilesianum
speciesZingiber smilesianum
Bengal ginger
speciesZingiber rubens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 6)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.69
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.498
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.55
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms (Volume 104)
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.26
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.197
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.214
Flora Sinensis (Chinese-Latin Natural History)
Michał Boym · 1656 · p.60
The Ambonese Herbal, Vol. 4
Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1743 · p.207
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.387
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.371
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122972.