FAMILYZingeber officinale is known as "common ginger" and referred to as Jamaican ginger, African ginger, or Cochin ginger, according to its geographical origin. The word "ginger" truly refers to the edible ginger of commerce known in the Malay language as halia and botanically as Zingeber officinale, while "gingers" is a general term for members or species of the ginger family.
Z.officinale is perennial plant belonging to the family of Zingeberaceae that consists of 47 genera including Zingeber, Curcuma, Alpinia, Amomum, Elettaria, Kaempferia and Hedychium, and of about 1,400 species. Ginger is native to Southeast Asia and has been cultivated in countries such as India and China for over 3,000 years. Today, it is widely cultivated in the tropical and temperate zone. The leading producers of Z.officinale are Indonesia, India, China and Japan while leading importers are Soudi Arabia, Yemen, United States, Japan and Europe.
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