Not to mention the bold flavors of their ginger, turmeric, and cardamom Zingiber tea that were brought out when I turned it into a vinegary shrub.
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The larvae feed on Zingiber, Aframomum, Pennisetum, Setaria and Panicum species.
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The larvae feed on Costus (including Costus dewiveri) and possibly Zingiber species.
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The genus Zingiber is native to Southeast Asia especially in Thailand, China, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China v 24 p 323, 姜属 jiang shu, Zingiber Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. vol. 3. 1754. Govaerts, R. (2004).
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Zingiber sabuanum is a species of the ginger family that is endemic to Western Ghats in India.
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Main materials are rock candy, walnut meat, soybean oil and peanut oil, wheat flour, peanut, sesame and Min zingiber.
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8: 348. 1807. Cole TCH, Nürnberger S "Zingiber mioga and its Cultivars," The Plantsman. Royal Horticultural Society. December 2014, 4: 226-229.
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Ginger leaves, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804) Myoga, myoga ginger or Japanese ginger () is the species Zingiber mioga in the family Zingiberaceae. It is a deciduous herbaceous perennial native to Japan, China, and the southern part of Korea.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China v 24 p 332, 蘘荷 rang he, Zingiber mioga (Thunberg) Roscoe, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot.
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Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Many of the family's species are important ornamental, spice, or medicinal plants. Ornamental genera include the shell gingers (Alpinia), Siam or summer tulip (Curcuma alismatifolia), Globba, ginger lily (Hedychium), Kaempferia, torch-ginger Etlingera elatior, Renealmia, and ginger (Zingiber). Spices include ginger (Zingiber), galangal or Thai ginger (Alpinia galanga and others), melegueta pepper (Aframomum melegueta), myoga (Zingiber mioga), korarima (Aframomum corrorima), turmeric (Curcuma), and cardamom (Amomum, Elettaria).
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The scientific name of the species is Zingiber spectabile. "Zingiber" is originally from a Sanskrit word that means "shaped like a horn" and refers to the horn-shaped leaves of most species of ginger. "Spectabile" is derived from the Latin spectabilis, meaning 'visible' or 'spectacular'. The plant is commonly known in the West by the common name "beehive ginger", due to its unusual inflorescences which resemble a skep beehive.
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Other members of the family Zingiberaceae are used in similar ways. They include the myoga (Zingiber mioga), the several types of galangal, the fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda), and the bitter ginger (Zingiber zerumbet). A dicotyledonous native species of eastern North America, Asarum canadense, is also known as "wild ginger", and its root has similar aromatic properties, but it is not related to true ginger. The plant contains aristolochic acid, a carcinogenic compound.
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These are the Zingiber-type, with square to vertically elongate areoles, the Costus-type, with horizontally elongate areoles and the Orchidantha-type with cross veins spanning multiple parallel veins.
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World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Tripathi, S. & Singh, K.K. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the genus Zingiber Boehm.
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Zingiber spectabile In common with most plants in genus Zingiber, the leaves of the plant are long and mostly oblong shaped, tapering to a single point at their tip. Under ideal circumstances, the plant can reach a height of , or even more. The plant's inflorescence is set atop a spike and can measure up to in height. The bracts attached to the structure can differ in colour, from white, to yellow, orange, or even red, often darkening as the bracts mature and develop.
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Gingers (family Zingiberaceae) were cultivated extensively by Austronesians for food, medicine, weaving materials, and for religious purposes. The most commonly cultivated species include the lengkuas (Alpinia galanga), fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda), turmeric (Curcuma longa), torch ginger (Etlingera elatior), and ginger (Zingiber officinale). Other species were also exploited at a smaller scale or harvested from the wild, including dwarf cardamom (Alpinia nutans), panasa cardamom (Amomum acre), white turmeric (Curcuma zedoaria), jiddo (Hornstedtia scottiana), white ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium), and bitter ginger (Zingiber zerumbet).
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Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed March 2007 Other plants include Hedychium species and Zingiber zerumbet.
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Zingiber spectabile is a species of true ginger, native to Maritime Southeast Asia. It is primarily grown in the West as an ornamental plant, although it has been used in South-East Asia as a medicinal herb.
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Zerumbone synthase (, ZSD1) is an enzyme with systematic name 10-hydroxy- alpha-humulene:NAD+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction : 10-hydroxy-alpha-humulene + NAD+ \rightleftharpoons zerumbone + NADH + H+ The enzyme was cloned from shampoo ginger, Zingiber zerumbet.
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Many Zingiberales are horticulturally important and grown as ornamental plants, e.g., Heliconia (false bird-of-paradise), Strelitzia (bird-of-paradise), Maranta (prayer plants) and Canna. Others are crop plants with culinary usage, e.g., Musa (bananas, plantains) and Zingiber (ginger).
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Within the R. solanacearum species complex, the four major monophyletic clusters of strains are termed phylotypes, that are geographically distinct: phylotypes I-IV are found in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania, respectively. Ralstonia solanacearum was once considered as a possible biological control agent for Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum), a highly invasive species. However, R. solanacearum is no longer used as a biological control for Kahili ginger in Hawaiian forests because of its wide host range. The ginger-parasitizing strain will infect numerous ginger species, including edible ginger (Zingiber officinale), shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet, pink ginger (Alpinia purpurata), and red ginger (Alpinia purpurata).
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Additionally, other ingredients can be added such as Plai (Zingiber Cassamunar) or Tobacco. Before chewing on betel most Thais mix all the ingredients together. Many elders (with no or weak teeth) mix and pound all the ingredients to use without it being wrapped by betel leaf.
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Alpha-humulene synthase (, ZSS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (alpha-humulene-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction: : (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate \rightleftharpoons alpha-humulene + diphosphate The enzyme from Zingiber zerumbet, shampoo ginger, also gives traces of β-caryophyllene.
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Zingiberene is a monocyclic sesquiterpene that is the predominant constituent of the oil of ginger (Zingiber officinale), from which it gets its name. It can contribute up to 30% of the essential oils in ginger rhizomes. This is the compound that gives ginger its distinct flavoring.
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Piletocera xanthosoma is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. Larvae have been recorded feeding on Zingiber officinale (ginger) produce. However, it is an accidental contaminant rather than a pest of the crop.
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Caenides soritia, the well-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon and possibly Malawi.Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis and Zingiber species.
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The larvae feed on Zingiberaceae including Alpinia. Curcuma, Etlingera, Zingiber on Gramineae including Oryza on Loganiaceae including Fagraea and on Liliaceae Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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Alpinia nigra (synonyms Alpinia allughas Retz. and Zingiber nigrum Gaertn.) is a medium-sized herb belonging to the ginger family. The rhizome is well known in many Asian cultures as a medicinal and culinary item. In many Asian tribal communities it is a part of the diet along with rice.
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Alpha-eudesmol synthase () is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl- diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (alpha-eudesmol-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction : (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O \rightleftharpoons alpha-eudesmol + diphosphate The recombinant enzyme from ginger (Zingiber zerumbet) gives beta-eudesmol, 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol, alpha- eudesmol and aristolene.
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Beta-eudesmol synthase () is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl- diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (beta-eudesmol-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction : (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O \rightleftharpoons beta-eudesmol + diphosphate The recombinant enzyme from ginger (Zingiber zerumbet) gives beta-eudesmol, 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol, alpha- eudesmol and aristolene.
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Ginger is consumed in China as food and as medicine. Ginger () is a herb and a spice that is used in Chinese cuisine. There are four main kinds of preparations in Chinese herbology: fresh ginger, dried ginger, roasted ginger, and ginger charcoal, all made of the rhizomes. :TCM Information: :Species: Zingiber officinalis.
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Species of Pyriculariaceae cause major diseases on grasses, among which Pyricularia oryzae (sexual morph Magnaporthe oryzae) is responsible for the devastating disease of rice (rice blast). P. oryzae can also infect other host plants, such as Eleusine, Oryza, Setaria or Triticum. Other Pyricularia species can infect Cenchrus, Echinochloa, Lolium, Pennisetum or Zingiber.
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The bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum and related species cause bacterial wilt of bananas and plantains. The same bacteria also cause wilt diseases of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), aubergine (eggplant) (Solanum melongena), banana (Musa species), geranium (Pelargonium species), ginger (Zingiber officinale), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), sweet peppers (Capsicum species), olive (Olea europea), and others.
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They are usually about as long as the bracts but can be substantially longer. The height of the plant overall is typically between , though it occasionally can grow as tall as . Its rhizomes are about thick. Unlike its relative Zingiber officinale, the rhizomes are not edible, and it is not used as a spice.
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The Koch-Rajbanshi people of western Assam use the seed and bark against cancer. In the Konkan region of Maharashtra, village people use a paste of water and bark to treat wounds. In Deogarh district, Tribal people use a decoction of the fruit and Zingiber montanum for blood dysentery. To treat diabetes, ripe fruit is taken regularly.
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Dichroa febrifuga is an important herb in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs. The alkaloids febrifugine and isofebrifugine are believed to be responsible for its antimalarial effects. In traditional preparations, it is used in conjunction with other plants such as Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Ziziphus jujube and Zingiber officinale (ginger).
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10-epi-gamma-eudesmol synthase () is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (10-epi-gamma-eudesmol- forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction: : (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O \rightleftharpoons 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol + diphosphate The recombinant enzyme from ginger (Zingiber zerumbet) forms beta- eudesmol, 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol, alpha-eudesmol and aristolene.
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Ornithochilus cacharensis an epiphytic orchid species, Larsenianthus assamensis a terrestrial zingiber species, Diospyros cacharensis a small deciduous tree belonging to family Ebenaceae and Alseodaphne keenanii a large tree belonging to family Lauraceae were described for the first time for this sanctuary and all are endemic to north-east India. The nearest town is Silchar, which is 40 km away.
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Among Spanish-speakers this species is known as jenjibre-de-jardin ("garden ginger"). Both jenjibre-de-jardin and ginger (Zingiber officinale) are in the family Zingiberaceae. Renealmia alpinia is commonly known as mardi gras in Trinidad, where hunters administer it either orally or topically to their hunting dogs to treat a variety of conditions, from sprains to snakebite.
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Originally, the term gingerbread (from Latin zingiber via Old French gingebras) referred to preserved ginger. It then referred to a confection made with honey and spices. Gingerbread is often used to translate the French term pain d'épices (literally "spice bread") or the German terms Pfefferkuchen (lit. "pepper cake", back then, when all spices were called "pepper") or Lebkuchen (of unclear etymology.
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Dr. Bigelow Zingiber officinale Plate 98 from Illustrations of Medical Botany Jacob Bigelow grave at Mount Auburn Cemetery Jacob Bigelow (February 27, 1787January 10, 1879) was an American physician, botanist and botanical illustrator. He was architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts (in which he is interred), husband to Mary Scollay, and the father of physician Henry Jacob Bigelow.
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Costus is often characterized and distinguished from relatives such as Zingiber (true ginger) by its spiraling stems. The genus as a whole is thus often called spiral gingers, but this can also refer to C. barbatus specifically. Costus spectabilis is the floral emblem of Nigeria; its flowers are represented (erroneously in red instead of yellow color) on its coat of arms. It is important not to confuse Costus speciosus, C. spectabilis etc.
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Zingibain, zingipain, or ginger protease () is a cysteine protease enzyme found in ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizomes. It catalyses the preferential cleavage of peptides with a proline residue at the P2 position. It has two distinct forms, ginger protease I (GP-I) and ginger protease II (GP-II). As a member of the papain family of cysteine proteases, zingibain shares several structural and functional similarities with more well-studied enzymes such as papain, bromelain, and actinidin.
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Pei pa koa is made up of a blend of herbal ingredients including the fritillary bulb (Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, ), loquat leaf (Eriobotrya japonica, ), fourleaf ladybell root (Adenophora tetraphylla, ), Indian bread (Wolfiporia extensa), ), pomelo peel (Citrus maxima, ), chinese bellflower root (Platycodon grandiflorum, ), pinellia rhizome (Pinellia ternata, ), Schisandra seed (Schisandra chinensis, ), Trichosanthes seed (Trichosanthes kirilowii, ), coltsfoot flower (Tussilago farfara, ), Thinleaf Milkwort root (Polygala tenuifolia, ), bitter apricot kernel (Prunus armeniaca, ), fresh ginger (Zingiber officinale, ), licorice root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, ), and menthol in a syrup and honey base.
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Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of leaves) about one meter tall bearing narrow leaf blades. The inflorescences bear flowers having pale yellow petals with purple edges, and arise directly from the rhizome on separate shoots. Ginger is in the family Zingiberaceae, which also includes turmeric (Curcuma longa), cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), and galangal.
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Asarum europaeum, commonly known as asarabacca, European wild ginger, hazelwort, and wild spikenard, is a species of flowering plant in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, native to large parts of temperate Europe, and also cultivated in gardens. It is a creeping evergreen perennial with glossy green, kidney shaped leaves and solitary dull purple flowers hidden by the leaves. Though its roots have a ginger aroma, it is not closely related to the true culinary ginger Zingiber officinale, which originates in tropical Asian rainforests. It is sometimes harvested for use as a spice or a flavoring.
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Ginger root, Zingiber officinale, has been used in China for over 2,000 years to treat indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea, and nausea. It is also used in TCM to treat arthritis, colic, diarrhea, heart conditions, the common cold, flu-like symptoms, headaches, and menstrual cramps. Today, health care professionals worldwide commonly recommend ginger to help prevent or treat nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness, pregnancy, and cancer chemotherapy. It is also used as a treatment for minor stomach upset, as a supplement for arthritis, and may even help prevent heart disease and cancer.
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Sarangada is a producer and exporter of Myrobalans like Amla Emblica officinalis, Bibhitaki (Local Name: Bahada) Terminalia bellirica, Haritaki (Local name: Harida) Terminalia chebula, Siali Leaf Bauhinia Vahlii, Turmeric Curcuma longa, Ginger Zingiber officinale, Mustard Seed Brassica juncea, Rapeseed Brassica napus, Mango Kernel Mangifera indica, Mahua Flower & Seed Madhuca longifolia, Pigeon Pea (Local name: Kandula) Cajanus cajan, Arrowroot (Local name: Palua) Maranta arundinacea and several other minor forest produce. Market is largely unorganised with presence of some medium scale business agencies. Sarangada have intrastate and inter-state trade links with the business organisations of India. A weekly market on Wednesday, links the local consumers with the small scale vendors.
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The gardens include Arecaceae, Asclepias tuberosa, azaleas, caladium, Callicarpa americana, camellia, Canna, Chionanthus retusus, chrysanthemum, crape myrtle, cyclamen, Delphinium, Ficus carica, Gossypium, hydrangea, Koelreuteria bipinnata, Louisiana irises, Lycoris aurea, Narcissus, Passiflora incarnata, Phytolacca americana, Euphorbia pulcherrima, roses, Stigmaphyllon ciliatum, tulips, vitex, and Zingiber zerumbet. Longue Vue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, and further was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005. It was deemed nationally significant for its association with Shipman, and as the only major work of Shipman's where she exerted complete creative control over the landscape. Following damage by Hurricane Katrina, volunteer and staff labor later enabled the house to reopen for tours.
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Mary Kawena Pukui tells a story from Kaū on Hawaii Island of a beautiful young woman, Mōlī, whose father will let none other than a fisherman marry her (a good fisherman is well liked and prosperous because of the food he catches; it is also a sign of a much desired hard-working man). A certain worthless fisherman who tricked Mōlī's father by rubbing fish guts (which were thrown out by others) on himself took her hand in marriage and did no work afterwards. Driven to desperation, Mōlī decorated herself with a beautiful lei of ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), fern and maile and threw herself over the cliffs at Waiahukini. It is said each year around the time of her death, Mōlī returns and when the wind blows, moaning and wailing can be heard.
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Malays hold the belief that internal cleanliness has direct outer consequences, therefore, a once-a-week herbal brew of leaves and herbs such as senna leaves (Cassia angustifolia), betel leaves (Piper betle), ginger (Zingiber officinale), sepang (Caesalpinia sappan) and other ingredients are often used for internal cleansing, seeking results of detoxifying the body of waste, removing fat and purifying the blood, resulting in a beautiful, youthful complexion. Malay women also benefit from the ready availability of Kacip fatima (Labisia pumila) and Akar Serapat (Parameria polyneura). These powerful herbs have been used for centuries to firm vaginal muscles and strengthen the uterus, as well as assisting the pre- and post-natal stages of pregnancy. Kacip Fatima is also sought for a variety of health benefits, from alleviating fatigue to promoting hormonal balance and emotional well-being.
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Second, he wrote eight entries describing plants that later authors have never been able to identify. Third, Ji Han was occasionally confused regarding some plants where later botanists were not, for example (17), he mixed up Phrynium with Zingiber. Fourth, he mentions contemporary events, such as Aquilaria bark-paper (56) being presented as tribute to Emperor Wu of Jin in 284. Li (1979: 13) concludes that although we cannot rule out the possibility of interpolations, we can be reasonably sure that the text, as it has come down to us in its present form since the late Song period, "represents on the whole a historically trustworthy account of the plants treated therein as they appeared in the southern regions around the third and fourth centuries". Huang Xingzong's (1986) summary of the proceedings at an international symposium on the authenticity of the Nanfang caomu zhuang provides an overview of both sides in the debate: those who claim that the text is a 12th-century forgery compiled from early texts, and those who consider it a genuine 4th-century work with later interpolations.
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