Called “Ginger Family” in GBIF
Zingiberaceae, the ginger family, is a family of flowering plants containing 59 genera and about 1600 described species distributed globally in the tropics and subtropics. They are aromatic perennial herbs with creeping rhizomes, sometimes tuberous. Basal leaf sheathing forms a pseudostem taller than their true stems which emerge unbranched. Flowers are typically zygomorphic and inflorescence is raceme. Fruit is typically a dry capsule and seeds are arillate.
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Curcuma longa
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Zingiber officinale
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Curcuma amada
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Also here, with one plant each: Amomum (Amomum villosum), Zingiber (Ginger).
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