✿Zingiberaceae · Zingiber
Adarak / Ginger
Zingiber officinale
outdoor
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Zingiber officinale
- Genus
- Zingiber
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra
- 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
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) is a plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae family (Ginger family). Members of this family are generally characterised by distichous simple leaves, spike/raceme/thyrse flower clusters, capsule/berry fruit. It is usually grown in outdoor settings.
Botanical family
Zingiberaceae
Ginger family
Adarak belongs to the Zingiberaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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