Did you know that India is the largest producer of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in the world though not its largest exporter, and it is the underground perennial stem (rhizome) of a medicinal herb and spice?
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Did you know that India is the largest producer of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in the world though not its largest exporter, and it is the underground perennial stem (rhizome) of a medicinal herb and spice? Ginger, also Shunti in many Indian languages, consists of dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale Roxb, widely cultivated in India as its largest producer in the world but not its largest exporter. It is a flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger as it is known in English language, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. Ginger is known as an ancient Tamil root, āingiverā, meaning ginger rizome, also known in Prakrit (Middle Indic) 'singabera', from Sanskrit 'srngaveram'. It was spread through Arab traders from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, Old French gingibre, and from Old English gingifer, and said to be a pre-Dravidian word known in 20 languages, a...
