Wild ginger
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Wild ginger may refer to any of a variety of plants, often with a similar appearance, odour or taste to cultivated ginger. Species involved include:
- Any of the AlpiniaAlpiniaAlpinia is a genus of plants, with more than 230 species from the Ginger family . It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants.-Description:...
species, especially A. caeruleaAlpinia caeruleaAlpinia caerulea, native ginger, is an understorey perennial herb to 3 m., growing under rainforest, gallery forest and wet sclerophyll forest canopy in eastern Australia....
. - Any of the AsarumAsarumAsarum is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as Wild ginger.- Description :...
species, especially A. caudatumAsarum caudatumAsarum caudatum is native to rich moist forests of western North America from British Columbia to California and as far east as western Montana.... - Curcuma australasicaCurcuma australasicaCurcuma australasica, Native Turmeric, or Cape York Lily, is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the Zingiberaceae or ginger family.-NomenclatureDescription:...
- Asiasarum sieboldi
- Any of the numerous ZingiberZingiberThe genus Zingiber contains the true gingers, a set of plants with medicinal and culinary value in many parts of the world. The most well-known is Z. officinale, garden ginger.-Culinary:...
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