Zingiberaceae (/ˌzɪndʒɪbɪˈreɪsii/) or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Members of the family Zingiberaceae including turmeric, ginger, Javanese ginger, and galangal have been used for centuries in traditional medicine. Preclinical studies of Zingiberaceae extracts have shown analgesic properties. Members of the family are small to large herbaceous plants with distichous leaves with basal sheaths that overlap to form a pseudostem. The plants are either self-supporting or epiphytic. Learn more about Ginger
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Bird-of-paradise ( videos) | Strelitzia reginae | Not Available |
Greater Bird-of-paradise (4 videos) | Paradisaea apoda | Least concern |
King Of Saxony Bird-of-paradise (1 videos) | Pteridophora alberti | Least concern |
Lesser Bird-of-paradise (4 videos) | Paradisaea minor | Least concern |
Red Bird-of-paradise (15 videos) | Paradisaea rubra | Near threatened |
Red Ginger (28 videos) | Alpinia purpurata | Not Available |
Yellow Ginger (4 videos) | Hedychium flavescens | Not Available |