Understanding The Type Of Ginger
Giner ( Zingiber officinale ), is a type of rhizome that is very popular in its use as a spice and medicinal ingredients. Its rhizome is shaped like fingers that’s bulging on the middle whereas the spicy flavour is caused by ketones compound known as zingeron. Ginger is classified in the family of Zingiberaceae . The scientific name of ginger is given by William Roxburgh from the Greek word zingebri and the Sanskrit word, singaberi. Ginger has pseudo stems with height of 30 to 100 cm. The roots are shaped like rhizome with its base having yellow to reddish color and a pungent smell. It has a pinnate leaf with the length of 15 to 23 mm and height ranging from 8 to 15mm and a feathery petiole. Ginger flower blooms from the ground shaped like an egg with a length of 3,5 to 5cm and width of 1,5 to 1,75 cm. The stem of its flower can be scaled from 5 to 7 pieces. The flower itself has a yellowish green color to it, where as the lips and head of the flower are purple. The ginger flower al