ginger: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Canton ginger • Zingiber officinale • true ginger • common ginger

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Freshly harvested Indian ginger plants (Zingiber officinale) with green stems, narrow leaves, and knobby, light brown rhizomes and roots visible.

Whole fresh ginger root with light brown, textured skin and multiple knobby sections.

Underground stems

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