Zingiberaceae

221 species

Ginger and turmeric family; economically important spices and flavoring agents worldwide.

Achasma loroglossum

Edible: Rhizomes

Aframomum albiflorum

Aframomum angustifolium

Madagascar cardamom, Wild cardamom

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Root, Spice

Aframomum cereum

Guinea grains, Black amomum

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Leaves

Aframomum chrysanthum

Edible: Plant - spice

Aframomum corrorima

Korarima, Ethiopian cardamom

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Flavouring

Aframomum daniellii

Cameroon's cardamom

Edible: Fruit, Spice, Seeds, Leaves - flavouring

Aframomum elliottii

Alligator Cardamon

Aframomum exscapum

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Leaves

Aframomum flavum

Aframomum giganteum

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Aframomum glaucophyllum

Aframomum letestuanum

Edible: Seeds - Spice, Fruit

Aframomum longiscapum

Grains of Paradise, Guinea grains

East African cardamon

Edible: Fruit, Pith, Seed

Aframomum melegueta

Grains of Paradise, Melegueta pepper

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Fruit, Leaves - tea

Aframomum mildbraedii

African cardamom

Edible: Seeds - flavouring

Aframomum pruinosum

Cameroon cardamom

Edible: Seeds, Spice

Aframomum sanguineum

Aframomum subsericeum

Alligator pepper

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Aframomum sulcatum

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - flavouring

Aframomum thonneri

Aframomum verrucosum

Alpinia aquatica

Aquatic galangal

Alpinia arctiflora

Edible: Root, Rhizome, Spice?

Alpinia arundelliana

Edible: Rhizomes, Leaves, Fruit, Seeds

Alpinia athroantha

Edible: Stem base

Alpinia bambusifolia

Edible: Flower buds

Alpinia beamanii

Alpinia blepharocalyx

Edible: Fruit, Flowers

Alpinia brevilabris

Alpinia caerulea

Blue Ginger, Blue fruited ginger

Edible: Root, Fruit, Rhizome, Leaves

Alpinia calcarata

Indian ginger, Snap ginger, Miniature ginger

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Fruit, Spice, Flowers

Alpinia capitellata

Alpinia chinensis

Edible: Rhizome - spice

Alpinia elegans

Edible: Fruit, Rhizomes - spice, Root, Vegetable, Seeds

Alpinia emaculata

Edible: Flowers

Alpinia galanga

Greater galangal

Edible: Rhizome, Roots, Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable

Lalemas besai, Lalemas kampung

Edible: Fruit, Shoots

Alpinia globosa

Chinese cardamom

Edible: Seeds, Spice

Alpinia japonica

Shan jiang, Peppermint stick ginger

Alpinia javanica

Edible: Fruit, Rhizome - spice

Alpinia kwangsiensis

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Fruit

Alpinia ligulata

Edible: Shoots, Pith, Fruit

Alpinia malaccensis

Malacca galangal, Giant white shell ginger

Edible: Fruit, Rhizome, Root, Flower, Shoot

False cardamom ginger

Edible: Shoots, Vegetable

Alpinia nieuwenhuizii

Terebak, Lalemas ai

Edible: Fruit, Shoots

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Stem, Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable

Alpinia novae-hiberniae

Edible: Stem tips

Alpinia novae-pommeraniae

Alpinia odontonema

Alpinia officinarum

Lesser galangal

Edible: Leaves, Roots, Spice, Rhizome, Vegetable

Alpinia oxymitra

Edible: Shoots, Flowers, Vegetable

Alpinia padacanca

Alpinia purpurata

Edible: Leaves - flavouring.

Edible: Sprouts, Flowers

Alpinia roxburghii

Edible: Medicine

Alpinia zerumbet

Edible: Rhizomes, Root, Flowers, Stem pith, Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable

Panasa, Panasan, Pane

Edible: Fruit, Leaf stalks, Spice

Amomum anomalum

Tubu kering apad

Amomum compactum

Round cardamom, Cluster cardamom

Edible: Seed, Fruit capsule, Spice, Flowers

Amomum coriandriodorum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves - spice

Amomum dallachyi

Native Ginger, Green Ginger, Prickly Ginger

Edible: Fruit, Rhizome, Root

Amomum dealbatum

Edible: Seeds - spice, Flowers, Root, Rhizome, Shoots

Amomum dimorphum

Amomum gagnepainii

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Amomum koenigii

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Fruit

Amomum longiligulare

Edible: Flower buds, Shoots, Seeds, Vegetable

Great winged amomum, Java cardamom

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Fruit - spice, Vegetable, Flowers, Tuber/Rhizome, Roots

Amomum muricarpum

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Amomum neoaurantiacum

Edible: Flower buds, Shoots, Vegetable

Amomum pterocarpum

Edible: Flowers

Amomum sericeum

Edible: Seeds - spice

Amomum siamense

Amomum speciosum

Edible: Flowers

Amomum stenocarpum

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Fruit

Amomum subulatum

Greater Indian cardamom, Nepalese cardamom

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Spice, Flowers, Shoots

Amomum sumatranum

Edible: Medicine ?

Edible: Seeds, Spice

Amomum utriculosum

Amomum villosum

Malabar cardamom, Tavoy cardamom

Edible: Shoots, fruit, Spice

Amomum villosum var. xanthioides

Wild siamese cardamom

Edible: Spice, Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable

Amomum xanthophlebium

Tepus, Bunga tantan

Edible: Flowers, Spice

Boesenbergia longiflora

Edible: Leaf stalk, Flowers

Boesenbergia rotunda

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Tubers, Leaves, Spice

Cautleya spicata - (J.M.Sm.)Bak.

Conamomum xanthophlebium

Curcuma aeruginosa

Pink and blue ginger

Edible: Tips, Shoots, Rhizome - Spice

Curcuma alismatifolia

Edible: Flowers

Edible: Leaves, Rhizomes, Root, Spice

Curcuma angustifolia

Indian arrowroot, East Indian arrowroot

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Starch, Flowers

Curcuma aromatica

Wild turmeric, Yellow zeodary

Edible: Shoots, Rhizomes, Root, Starch

Curcuma aurantiaca

Rainbow curcuma

Curcuma australasica

Cape York lily, Native Ginger, Native Turmeric, Aussie plume

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Edible: Rhizome - spice, Root, Flowers

Curcuma caulina

Indian arrowroot

Edible: Tubers - starch, Roots

Curcuma euchroma

Edible: Medicine

Curcuma heyneana

Edible: Rhizome

Curcuma leucorrhiza

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Starch

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Leaves as condiment, Herb, Spice, Flowers

White turmeric, Mango ginger

Edible: Leaves, Rhizomes, Root, Vegetable, Spice

Curcuma montana

Mountain turmeric

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Curcuma neilgherrensis

Wild arrowroot, Nilgiri turmeric

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Curcuma pambrosima

Curcuma parviflora

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Curcuma petiolata

Pink tower Curcuma, Jewel of Thailand

Edible: Flavouring

Curcuma pierreana

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Starch, Spice

Curcuma pseudomontana

Edible: Tubers, Root, Starch, Rhizome

Curcuma purpurascens

Edible: Rhizome

Curcuma rubescens

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Starch

Curcuma sessilis

Edible: Flowers

Curcuma singularis

Curcuma thorelii

Edible: Rhizome

Curcuma zanthorrhiza

Javanese turmeric

Edible: Leaves, Shoots, Rhizome, Flowers, Spice

Curcuma zedoaria

Zedoary, Zeodary

Edible: Leaves, Rhizome, Root, Flowers, Spice, Vegetable

Elettaria cardamomum

Cardamom, Ceylon cardamom

Edible: Fruit, Herb, Spice, Seeds, Leaves

Elettaria ensal

Edible: Seeds - spice

Elettariopsis sumatrana

Fragrant gingerwort

Edible: Leaves as condiment, Spice

Etlingera calophrys

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - spice, Leaf stalk.

Etlingera cevuga

Thevunga, Waxflower

Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Seeds - scent

Etlingera coccinea

Edible: Vegetable, Spice

Etlingera elatior

Red torch Ginger, Philippine waxflower

Edible: Flower bud, Shoots, Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Flavouring, Fruit

Etlingera fimbriobracteata

Edible: Fruit, Shoots

Etlingera foetens

Etlingera fulgens

Etlingera gracilis

Ketimbang gadjah

Etlingera hemisphaerica

Helani tulip ginger

Edible: Flowers - spice, Leaves, Fruit

Etlingera labellosa

Etlingera littoralis

Edible: Fruit, Stems

Etlingera loroglossa

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Etlingera megalocheilos

Edible: Shoots, Fruit, Spice

Etlingera metriocheilos

Etlingera polycarpa

Etlingera punicea

Edible: Fruit, Flavouring

Etlingera rosea

Edible: Aril, Spice

Etlingera solaris

Honje warak, Honje laka

Edible: Fruit, Spice

Etlingera venusta

Etlingera walang

Edible: Leaves, Spice

Etlingera yunnanensis

Globba marantina

Yellow dancing girl ginger

Edible: Bulbils, Bulb, Rhizome

Globba racemosa

Dancing girl ginger

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Globba spathulata

Edible: Rhizome, Root

Hedychium coccineum

Red ginger lily

Edible: Herb, Leaves, Stems, Rhizome, Root

Hedychium coronarium

Butterfly ginger, White ginger lily

Edible: Flowers - flavouring, Tubers, Rhizomes, Root, Shoots

Hedychium ellipticum

Edible: Young shoots, Rhizome, Roots

Hedychium gardnerianum

Hedychium gracile

Dainty ginger lily, Tiny white ginger lily

Edible: Leaves, Spice

Hedychium greenii

Red ginger lily

Hedychium qingchengense

Qing cheng jiang hua

Hedychium spicatum

Eastern spiked ginger, Spiked ginger lily

Edible: Fruit, Tubers, Root, Shoots

Hornstedtia affinis

Hornstedtia elongata

Hornstedtia havilandii

Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Stem

Hornstedtia leonurus

Lesser spindle ginger

Hornstedtia magnifica

Edible: Flower, Fruit, Spice

Hornstedtia scyphifera

Edible: Fruit, Shoots

Hornstedtia tibetica

Kaempferia laotica

Kaempferia parviflora

Thai black ginger, Thai ginseng

Edible: Rhizome

Meistera aculeata

Malamalai, Milmilau

Meistera lappacea

Edible: Seeds - spice, Fruit

Meistera ochrea

Edible: Seeds, Spice

Plagiostachys albiflora

Plagiostachys crocydocalyx

Edible: Fruit, Stems, Shoots

Plagiostachys subaequalis

Plagiostachys uviformis

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

Pleuranthodium peekelii

Edible: Flowers

Renealmia africana

Renealmia alpinia

Edible: Fruit fibres - flavouring, Seeds, Leaves, Spice, Oil

Renealmia aromatica

Renealmia breviscapa

Edible: Fruit, Flower

Renealmia congolana

Renealmia engleri

Renealmia mexicana

Edible: Leaves - spice

Renealmia nicolaioides

Renealmia petasites

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - spice

Renealmia thyrsoidea

Edible: Fruit, Seeds - drink

Rhynchanthus longiflorus

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Riedelia corallina

Riedelia curviflora

Riedelia geluensis

Riedelia microbotrya

Roscoea cautleyoides

Roscoea tibetica

Siphonochilus nigericus

Resurrection lily

Edible: Tuber - flavouring, Root, Spice

Sundamomum pseudofoetens

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Fruit

Vanoverberghia sepulchrei

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Wurfbainia aromatica

Bengal cardamom, Nepal cardamom

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Root, Fruit, Flowers

Wurfbainia blumeana

Ketembang sekala

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Fruit

Wurfbainia compacta

Wurfbainia gracilis

Slender cardamom, Ela-ela

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Leaves - flavouring

Wurfbainia testacea

Cambodian cardamom

Edible: Seeds, Spice, Leaves, Vegetable

Wurfbainia uliginosa

Edible: Spice, Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable

Wurfbainia vera

Round siam cardamom

Edible: Fruit - spice

Wurfbainia villosa

Ela-ela china, Xanthoid cardamon

Edible: Seed, Spice, Fruit, Leaves, Shoots, Flower buds, Vegetable

Zingiber bradleyanum

Edible: Stem, Flowers

Zingiber cernuum

Zingiber chrysostachys

Edible: Rhizomes, Root

Zingiber corallinum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Zingiber densissimum

Edible: Flowers

Zingiber fragile

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Zingiber griffithii

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Spice

Zingiber kelabitianum

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Zingiber longipedunculatum

Ligun, Ubu abang

Edible: Stems, Vegetable

Myoga ginger, Ginger bud

Edible: Buds, Flowers, Vegetable, Rhizome, Root, Leaves

Zingiber montanum

Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Shoots, Leaves, Spice, Rhizome, Root

Zingiber neotruncatum

Edible: Rhizome - spice, Root

Zingiber odoriferum

Edible: Flower buds

Zingiber officinale

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Leaves, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Flowering stalk, Flowers

Zingiber orbiculatum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Zingiber ottensii

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Flavouring

Zingiber roseum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Zingiber smilesianum

Zingiber spectabile

Beehive ginger, Pinecone ginger, Golden-shampoo ginger, Nodding gingerwort

Edible: Rhizome, Root, Spice

Zingiber squarrosum

Edible: Leaf stalk

Zingiber striolatum

Edible: Flowers

Zingiber wightianum

Edible: Rhizome - spice

Zingiber zerumbet

Wild ginger, Pine cone ginger, Fragrant ginger

Edible: Rhizomes, Root, Leaves, Flowers