Zingiber officinale(ZINOF)
Overview Code created in: 2002-02-15
- EPPO Code: ZINOF
- Preferred name: Zingiber officinale
- Authority: (Willdenow) Roscoe
Himalayas, India, China (western). Widely cultivated in warmer countries for its rhizomes, used fresh or dried as a spice or flavouring. Introduced in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Laos), Malesia (Malaya, Borneo, Philippines), China (eastern), Madagascar, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (Cuba to Puerto Rico), Australia (Queensland)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Amomum zingiber | Linnaeus |
| Zingiber zingiber | (Linnaeus) Karsten |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| common ginger | English |
| garden ginger | English |
| gemeiner Ingwer | German |
| gingembre | French |
| gingembre commun | French |
| ginger común | Spanish |
| jengibre | Spanish |
| jengibre común | Spanish |
| kion | Spanish |
| zenzero comune | Italian |
| gewone gember | Dutch |
| gengibre | Portuguese |
| gengibre-comum | Portuguese |
| vanlig ingefära | Swedish |
| shôga | Japanese |
| ショウガ | Japanese |
| имбирь | Russian |
| ingefær | Danish |
| imbir lekarski | Polish |
| jiāng | Chinese |
| 姜 | Chinese |
| adarak | Hindi |
| अदरक | Hindi |
| halia | Indonesian |
| 생강 | Korean |
| saeng gang | Korean |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Zingiberales (
1ZINO )
Family
Zingiberaceae (
1ZINF )
Subfamily
Zingiberoideae (
1ZINS )
Genus
Zingiber (
1ZING )
Species
Zingiber officinale (
ZINOF )