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Interesting facts about ginger - Shadowfaxx - 01-06-2021
Ginger is one of the most well-known and useful plants that has been used for centuries as a spice and as a medicinal plant. The scientific name of this spice is Zingiber officinale. It is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root, or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice and as folk medicine.
There are numerous interesting facts about ginger. Some of them we know and some of them we don’t. So let’s take a look at them.
- Ginger is native to southeastern Asia.
- Ginger is not a root, it is a rhizome, an underground stem.
- The ginger plant is an herb.
- Ginger, Turmeric, and Cardamom are part of the same Zingiberaceae family.
- You can grow ginger from rhizomes, available at grocery stores.
- Mature ginger rhizomes harvested after 10-12 months are most commonly sold in grocery stores
- Ginger is popularly grown in warmer regions and the tropics.
- Ginger can be cultivated year-round but the optimal time to plant them is at the end of winter and early spring.
- Ginger plants can grow as high as 4 feet.
- Anti-inflammatory properties, blood sugar regulation, and gastrointestinal relief are some of the important benefits of Ginger.