Botanical family · Zingiberales
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
43 species in this family
The ginger family of aromatic herbs with underground rhizomes. A major source of culinary spices and medicines: ginger (Zingiber), turmeric (Curcuma), cardamom (Elettaria), and galangal. Known for showy bracts and irregular flowers with a prominent labellum.
- Aromatic rhizomes with essential oils
- Sheathing leaf bases, ligulate leaves
- One fertile stamen; labellum often showy
Species in ZINGIBERACEAE
- Lesser galangal, Snap GingerAlpinia calcarata
- Greater Galangal, Java Galangal; Siamese gingerAlpinia galanga
- Malacca GingerAlpinia malaccensis
- Allugha GalangalAlpinia nigra
- Red GingerAlpinia purpurata
- Light Galangal, Pink Porcelain Lily, Shell Ginger, Shell Flower, Shell PlantAlpinia zerumbet
- Nilgiri FingerrootBoesenbergia tiliifolia
- East Indian arrow root, Travancore starchCurcuma angustifolia
- Wild Turmeric, Cochin Turmeric, Yellow ZedoaryCurcuma aromatica
- Deceptive CurcumaCurcuma decipiens
- Carnatic CurcumaCurcuma karnatakensis
- TurmericCurcuma longa
- Changeable TurmericCurcuma mutabilis
- Nilgiri TurmericCurcuma neilgherrensis
- Hill TurmericCurcuma pseudomontana
- Vaman TurmericCurcuma vamana
- CardamomElettaria cardamomum
- Red Torch Ginger, Torch GingerEtlingera elatior
- Dancing MarantinaGlobba marantina
- Dancing Girl GingerGlobba schomburgkii
- Butterfly Lily, Common Ginger Lily, Butterfly Ginger Lily, Garland flower, White gingerHedychium coronarium
- Yellow Ginger LilyHedychium flavescens
- Spiked Ginger LilyHedychium spicatum
- Aromatic GingerKaempferia galanga
- Anamalai GingerZingiber anamalayanum
- Curved-Stem GingerZingiber cernuum
- neesam gingerZingiber neesanum
- GingerZingiber officinale
- Rosy GingerZingiber roseum
- Wild Ginger, Stone ginger, Bitter Ginger, Broad-Leaved Ginger, Pine Cone Ginger, Shampoo Ginger, Zerumbet GingerZingiber zerumbet
- Alpinia fax
- Amomum muricatum
- Amomum pterocarpum
- Boesenbergia pulcherrima
- Curcuma aeruginosa
- Curcuma ecalcarata
- Curcuma mutabilis
- Curcuma oligantha var. lutea
- Curcuma oligantha var. oligantha
- Globba bulbifera
- Globba ophioglossa
- Hitchenia caulina
- Zingiber diwakarianum
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