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Ginger
Zingiber officinale
Pharm. Rhizoma Zingiberis
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Ginger
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common name for members of the Zingiberaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical perennial herbs, chiefly of Indomalaysia.
Ginger plants are well-adapted to heat, and can grow well in the desert as long as you provide them with sufficient water. Generally ginger requires very little maintenance, but desert soil will…
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Combinations: Ginger can be combined with Gentiana and Rheum palmatum for sluggish digestion with constipation. Combine with laxative herbs to make them more palatable or milder in action.
Asarum canadense (Aristolochiaceae) -- This member of the "Birthwort" family can be used (the roots) like commercial ginger. It is an low, unobtrusive plant, and the flowers are well hidden. Wild ginger blooms in spring. (Photographed in PA) ...
Wild Ginger
A ginger-like scent comes from these 7- to 10-inch perennials when their lush, heart-shaped leaves or spreading roots are cut or bruised. Flowers bloom in spring.
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
The roots of wild ginger smell similar to the ginger used in cooking, though the plants are not related.
Wild Ginger
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Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Garden Ginger
Ginger plants are perennials, endemic to tropical Asia, where they are grown for their aromatic rhizomes.
Ginger is useful for digestive disturbances that involve flatulence, burping and colic. It is useful for a slow digestive system as well as circulatory sluggishness and can inhibit digestive ulcers.
Wild gingers have a decidedly creeping form with flowers produced at ground level so that only slugs and the most observant naturalist ever notice them.
Wild gingers are members of the Artistolochiacea (Birthwort) family. This is a very small family of five genera, most of the species being of tropical origin.
Bengal Ginger is a ginger family plant native to NE India, with leafy stems grow up to 6 ft tall. Its flowers in summer. Flowers arise from base of rhizome with the inflorescence almost embedded on the growing substrate.
Peacock Ginger
Kaempferia pulchra
Light lavender to white 1" blooms are borne at the base of the mid-green rounded leaves. A very low growing and compact ginger blooming continuously through summer.
This wild ginger is an evergreen groundcover with heart-shaped, shiny leaves that are often marbled. Its interesting brown-purple flowers hide beneath the foliage.
Noteworthy characteristics: This is a slow-growing ginger, but worth it.
Aristolochiaceae / Birthwort Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial which can reach 30cm in height (12inches).
Leaves: This plant has basal leaves only.
( Gingergold Apple )
Apple trees can grow to a height of 30 feet and a width of 15 feet with a growth of 8 to 12 feet per year. They require rich soil, moderate watering, good drainage and full sun.
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This beautiful groundcover plant has notable leaves. They are shiny and round, often ending in a slight point.
Many of the hardy ginger rhizomes are a source of food, spice, and medicine. The rhizomes of Hedychium coronarium have been used as a flavoring in chewing tobacco, as an incense, and as a tranquilizer.
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Variegated Shell Ginger
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Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata' will show the best foliage color in partial sun or slightly shady conditions. Variegated Shell Ginger will flower after the second year if it does not freeze back in the winter.
Torch ginger forms canes growing up to 17 feet tall.
The inflorescence bracts are bright red; the inner segments are pink, the labellum being red with a yellow or white margin and the anther red; the fruits are green to reddish.
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Ginger
Zingiber officinale
MEDICINAL: Ginger is an excellent herb to use for strengthening and healing the respiratory system, as well as for fighting off colds and flu.
Ginger
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Ginkgo. (Ginkgo biloba). Chinese for "silver apricot." Introduced to Bermuda before 1914 from eastern China.
Ginger root is widely used around the world as a spice or food additive.
Ginger is a perennial herbal spice with numerous health benefits. See how ginger root is used to grow this low temperature-intolerant herb indoors.
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Ginger ale (Ingwerbier) ist ein alkoholfreies Erfrischungsgetränk, das sich in den USA großer Beliebtheit erfreut.
'Ginger Gold' is a 'Golden Delicious'-type apple that ripens five weeks earlier than that variety. It's large, yellow, rust-free, crisp, and juicy. Widely adapted.
This ginger has tall, erect stems with narrow leaves, this basal bloomer produces green cones that turn red when mature. It is a herbaceous perennial with upright stems and narrow medium green leaves arranged in two ranks on each stem.
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Growing at ground level in the crotch between 2 leafstalks is a single darkish red-brown to green-brown flower. Flowers: 1 1/2" (3.8 cm) wide, cup-shaped, with 3 pointed lobes.
This ginger might be hardier in all seasons if I dug it up & put it in deeper shade where there wouldn't be a cedar to suck the ground dry.
Apple Ginger
4 lb. apples. 3 pt. water.
4 lb. sugar. 2 OZ. essence of ginger.
Boil sugar and water until they form a syrup. Add ginger. Pare, core and quarter apples, boil them in the syrup until transparent. Place in warm, clean, dry jars.
'Ginzam' (Gingerbread™) - A hybrid of A. griseum and A. nikoense that features fine bark and a faster growth rate than the species, maturing at 30' tall. A tree with these traits may hold great promise in the future.
Book Review: Ginger Up Your Cookery. Reviewed by Rick Parkhurst. 1983 #4, p 25
For a Lively Spice Grow Ginger. By Kaye Cude. 1985 #3, pp 10-14
Ginger Family. By Peggy Winter. 1984#2, p 23
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Costus speciosus or Cheilocostus speciosus or crape ginger is possibly the best known cultivated species of the genus Costus. This plant is native to southeast Asia, especially on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
Shadow Dancer Ginger fuchsia
(Fuchsia 'Shadow Dancer Ginger') offers peachy-pink-and-white flowers on compact plants that grow 1 foot tall.
cane-reed; crepe- ginger Costus speciosus
canistel; eggfruit tree Pouteria campechiana
canna; poloke; Indian-shot Canna indica
cape bugle-lily Watsonia borbonica
Carline thistle Carlina vulgaris
carrotwood Cupaniopsis anacardioides ...
Ginger (Zingiber officinalis)
Ginkgo, maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Ginseng, American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus)
Globe candytuft (Iberis umbellata) ...
Indian Shot (Canna) - Handsome tropical plants of the Ginger order with fine foliage.
The rhizomes, harvested in autumn or spring, are edible and can be used as a substitute for ginger, cinnamon or nutmeg; in the past were candied and used as a sweetmeat.
Autumn Purple® ('Junginger') - seedless, rounded habit, dark green leaves, fall color deep purple to mahogany. Fall color compared to that of Fraxinus pennsylvanica ‘Marshall'.
Cimmaron® - seedless; has red to orange-red fall color.
The 1753 genus name Cardamine is a diminutive name from the Greek Kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress --such as watercress, NOT the tropical Old World ginger relative delicious spice Elletaria Cardamomum (L.) Maton.
Asarum hartwegii ‘Wild Ginger'
Asarums are low growing, woodland perennials, found in parts of Europe, Asia and N. America, that get their colloquial name because their rhizomes have a scent resembling ginger.
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora (Blue Ginger, Brazilian Ginger)
Rhoeo spathacea (Moses-In-The-Boat, Oyster Plant)
Setcreasea pallida (Purple heart, Wandering Jew)
Siderasis fuscata (Brown Spiderwort, Bear Ears)
Tradescantia blossfeldiana ...
European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum) Zone 5
Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) Zone 5
Winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus) Zone 3
Golden bells (Forsythia suspensa) Zone 5
Narrow-leafed plantain lily (Hosta lancifolia) Zone 3 ...
Nombres relacionados: Aristolochiaceae (familia), Asaro de Canadá (castellano), Black snakeweed (inglés), Canada snakeroot (inglés), Canadian wild ginger (inglés), Canadian wildginger (inglés), Coltsfoot snakeroot (inglés), False coltsfoot (inglés), ...
A bank of forest-green moss beautifully displays the silvery spears of a clump of wild ginger. A colorful carpet of trout lilies, phlox, bluebells, and bleeding-hearts announce the arrival of spring.
They also go well with other seasonings, such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and allspice. Some winter squash are sweetened by adding brown sugar, maple syrup, and honey.
Other plants that lend themselves readily to mixing with hostas in a woodland setting include martagon lilies (Lilium martagon) and ginger lilies (Hedychium), arisaemas, toad lilies (Tricyrtis) lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) , ...
They are prickly enough to be handled gingerly (but not like kangaroo thorn, which can hardly be handled at all); this acacia is one of those known locally in Australia as prickly Moses (a corruption of mimosa).
Iris wine is obtained like this: add to a liter of white wine one gram of cinnamon, two grams of iris root, eight grams of ginger and 125 grams of sugar are added. It is left for 24 hours then it is filtered.
Native alternatives to Japanese honeysuckle for use in home landscaping include trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), and trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens). Wild ginger (Asarum canadensis) is an ...
Early Gentian, Early Hair-grass, Early Marsh Orchid, Early Meadow-grass, Early Purple Orchid, Early Sand-grass, Early Scurvy-grass, Early Spider Orchid, Eastern Rocket, Eel-grass, Eight-stemmed Waterwort, Elder, Elongated Sedge or Gingerbread Sedge, ...
One preparation of this drug is in common use, the Pulvis Jalapae Compositus, which consists of 5 parts of jalap, 9 of cream of tartar, and i of ginger. The dose is from 20 grains to a drachm.
rhizome is a thick, horizontal underground stem (not a root) of a plant, that grows close to the ground. Rhizomes have nodes and scale-like leaves; roots form on the lower surface and new shoots can form at nodes. Ferns, mosses, horsetails, ginger, ...
Cabbage can also be pickled in vinegar with various spices, alone or in combination with other vegetables. Korean kimchi is usually sliced thicker than its European counterpart, and the addition of onions, chilies, papaya, minced garlic and ginger is ...
 See also: Green, Pink, Lavender, Orchid, Iris
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