Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Zingiber aromaticum Valeton
• Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. -> Zingiber montanum (J. König) Theilade
• Zingiber darceyi hort. -> Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. 'Darceyi'
• Zingiber griffithii Baker
• Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe
• Zingiber montanum (J. König) Theilade
• Zingiber nigrum Gaertn. -> Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) B. L. Burtt
• Zingiber officinale Rosc. A
• Zingiber purpureum Roscoe -> Zingiber montanum (J. König) Theilade
• Zingiber spectabile Griff.
• Zingiber spurium Koen. in Retz. -> Amomum spurium (Koen. in Retz.) Gmel.
• Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.
• Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. 'Variegata' -> Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. 'Darceyi'
• Zingiber zerumbet Ridley -> Zingiber aromaticum Valeton

SYNONYM(S) : Zingiber zerumbet Ridley, non L.

CHINESE : Xiang jiang.

ENGLISH : Fragrant ginger.

Data needed. Could this be Alpinia coriandriodora D. Fang ?

ENGLISH :  Red gingerwort.

MALAY :  Tepus merah.

CHINESE : Xiang he.

ENGLISH : Japanese ginger, Mioga ginger.

FRENCH : Gingembre mioga, Gingembre du Japon.

GERMAN : Japaningwer.

JAPANESE : Myouga (mioga, myoga), Myouga.

RUSSIAN : Imbir' mioga.

SYNONYM(S) : Amomum montanum J. König, Zingiber cassumunar Roxb., Zingiber purpureum Roscoe

ENGLISH : Thai ginger, Bengal ginger (as Z. purpureum), Cassumar ginger (as Z. purpureum), Cassumunar ginger (as Z. cassumumar).

FRENCH : Gingembre de Siam, Gingembre marron (as Z. cassumunar).

GERMAN : Blockzitwer (as Z. cassumunar).

HINDI : Banada.

NEPALESE : Van aduvaa (as Z. cassumunar).

SPANISH : Jengibre (Z. cassumunar).

THAI  :    ปูลอย Pu loi ,   ปูเลย Pu loei, ไพล  Phlai ,  มิ้นสะล่าง Min sa lang (Shan) ,  ว่านไฟ Wan fai (Central Thailand).

VIETNAMESE : Gùng tia.

Photograph of Z. purpureum by Timothy Chapman at Gingerwood Nursery, USA.

SYNONYM(S) : Amomum angustifolium Salisb., Amomum zingiber L.

ARABIC : Skînzhbîr (Morocco), Zangabîl.

ASSAMESE : Aadaa (Ada).

BENGALI : Aadaa (plant), Adrak (fresh root), Sont (dry root).

BOSNIAN :  Crni ingver, Đumbir, Gingibar, Ingver, Isiot, Isnot, Mrki ingver, Pravi ingver, Vruća trava, Zinđefil.

BURMESE : Gyin, Gyin sein ?

CHINESE : Jiang (Cantonese geung), Jiang (Cantonese geung), Lao jiang, Qing jiang, Zi jiang (Cantonese jee geung for fresh young root).

CROATIAN :  Cencer, Crni ingver, Đinđibar, Đumber, Đumbir, Gingibar, Inđiber, Ingver, Isiot, Isjet, Mrki ingver, Pravi ingver, Vruća trava, Zenzer.

DANISH : Ingefaer.

DUTCH : Gember.

ENGLISH : Canton ginger, Culinary ginger, Ginger, Common ginger, Green ginger (fresh root), Stem ginger.

ESTONIAN : Harilik ingwer.

FINNISH : Inkivääri.

FRENCH : Gingembre, Gingembre commun, Gingembre officinal, Gingembre traditionnel.

GERMAN: Inbwer, Ingwer.

HINDI : Adarak (plant), Adruka (fresh root), Sonth, Sindhi (dry root).

HUNGARIAN : Gyömbér .

ITALIAN : Zenzero, Zenzevero, Pepe zenzero.

JAPANESE : Jinjaa, Shouga, Shouga, Shouga.

KHMER : Khnehey (Khnhei), Khnhei phlung .

KOREAN :   Saeng gang.

LAOTIAN : Khing.

MADURESE : Jhai.

MALAY : Halia, Haliya, Haliya merah, Kunyit terus, Aliah (Indonesia), Jae (Java), Jahe (Indonesia), Jahya (Bali), Lahya (Bali).

NEPALESE : Aduvaa (Aduva), Agnimanth, Sutho.

NORWEGIAN : Ingefær.

PERSIAN : Jamveel, Zanjabil.

POLISH : Jembier.

PORTUGUESE : Gengibre, Ingever.

RUSSIAN :  Имбирь   Imbir', Imbir' lekarstvennyi .

SERBIAN :   Činčibar, Crni ingver, Đumbir, Džumbir, Gingibar, Imbor, Ingver, Isiot, Mrki ingver, Pravi ingver, Vruća trava, Zendžefil, Žumbir.

SINHALESE : Inguru.

SLOVENIAN :  Imber.

SUNDANESE : Jahe.

SPANISH : Anchoas (Mexico), Jengibre.

SWAHILI : Tangawizi.

SWEDISH : Ingefära, Ingefoera.

TAGALOG : Fute giya, Giya, Kasumba giya, Laya, Loya agarisen, Luya.

TAMIL :  இஞ்சி  Inji (Ingi, Ingee), Shukku.

TELUGU :  Allaama (Allam), అల్లము  Allamu (green ginger), అల్లపు చెట్టు Allamu chettu,  శొంటి  Sonthi (dry ginger).

THAI :   ขิง Khing ,  ขิงแดง  Khing daeng ,  ขิงแกลง  Khing klaeng ,    ขิงเผือก Khing phueak  (Chiang Mai) ,  สะเอ Sa e (Karen). 

TURKISH : Zentzephil, Zencefil, Zencebil.

URDU :   ادرک   Adrak, Adraka.

VIETNAMESE :   Cây gùng, Gừng, Sinh khương  (green ginger).

Photographs & description (English) at Gernot Katzer's Spice site (your browser window may need widening to view tables of names + photos without overlapping).

Photographs, description (Indonesian) & more vernacular names used throughout the Indonesian and surrounding islands.

ENGLISH :   Dog's gingerwort.

ENGLISH :   Beehive ginger, Black gingerwort, Malaysian ginger.

MALAY :  Tepus tanah.

SPANISH :  Micrófono.

SYNONYM(S) : Amomum zerumbet L.

ARABIC : Zurunbah, Zurunbâd.

CHINESE : Hong qiu jiang.

ENGLISH : Wild ginger, Broad-leaved ginger, Pinecone ginger (USA), Pine-cone ginger, Shampoo ginger (Hawaii), Zerumbet ginger.

FRENCH : Amome sauvage, Zérumbet.

GERMAN : Wilder Ingwer, Zerumbet.

ITALIAN : Zenzero bianco, Zenzero salvatico.

JAPANESE : Niga shouga.

PORTUGUESE : Gengibre amargo.

SPANISH : Jengibre, Jengibre amargo.

THAI :  แฮวดำ  Haeo dam (Northern Thailand),  เฮียวดำ   Hiao dam,    เฮียวข่า   Hiao kha (Shan),   เฮียวแดง  Hiao daeng,    กะแอน    Kaen,   กะทือ  Ka thue,   กะทือป่า Ka thue pa, กะแวน Ka waen,  Kra thue,  เปลพ้อ  Ple pho (Karen), Wanfai (Don Daeng).

TURKISH : Yabani zencefil, Zurunbad, Zerunebat, Zernebat.

VIETNAMESE : .

SYNONYM(S) : Zingiber darceyi hort., Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm. 'Variegata'

ENGLISH : Variegated pinecone ginger, Variegated-leaved zerumbet ginger.

FRENCH : Zérumbet à feuilles panachées.

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

Faculty of Pharmacy,  2004,  PHARM database (MedPlant Online), Medicinal Plant Information Center (MPIC), Mahidol University, Bangkok, THAILAND. < http://medplant.mahidol.ac.th/index.asp >.

Katzer Gernot, 2001, Spices - Zingiber officinale. < http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl//Zing_off.html >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Middleditch Brian, 2000, Taxonomy Notes in Notes & Images on Ginger Genera - Zingiber by Dave Skinner at Le Jardin Ombragé. < http://freepages.garden.rootsweb.com/~skinnerd/Gingers/Zingiber/Notes.html >.

Smitinand Tem, 2001, Thai Plant Names - Revised Edition by The Forest Herbarium - Royal Forest Department. Bangkok. Thailand.

USDA, ARS, 2001, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl? Zingiber (09 November 2001).

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) :  Angela Drenovac.

Magnificient collection of photos by Dave Skinner at Le Jardin Ombragé. Each attractive thumbnail is linked to a larger size even more beautiful photo.
< http://freepages.garden.rootsweb.com/~skinnerd/Gingers/Zingiber/index.html >
Many more ornamental species (names & photos) can be found on this site.

Katzer Gernot, 2001, Spices - Zingiber officinale. < http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_noframe.html?Zing_off.html > Among many other things an excellent photograph of the ingredient "fresh young root" referred to above.

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