Adarak / Ginger
Zingiber officinale
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka & more
How to identify Adarak
Identify Adarak by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- In India, compare location records such as Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Zingiberaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Adarak.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zingiber officinale
- Genus
- Zingiber
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Zingiberaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Zingiberaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- अदरक adarak
- Tamil
- அல்லம், ஆர்த்தரகம், இஞ்சி, சுக்கு
- Telugu
- అల్లం
- Marathi
- आले
- Bengali
- আদা
- Nepali
- अदुवा
- Sinhala
- ඉඟුරු
About Adarak
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) belongs to the Zingiberaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka and 12 other states.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
Adarak belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
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