Ginger, or Zingiber officinale is a common spice used in cooking throughout the world. It is also a medicinally used plant. Ginger is from the family Zingiberaceae. It has a light brown rhizome with a light yellow interior. This is the part that is commonly eaten. The above ground leaves are reed like linear leaves that shoot out from the stem in an alternate arrangement. The leaves themselves are green and around 7 cm long. Ginger is a perennial plant. The flowers are pale yellow and originate from a flowering head that grows on its own stalk. Ginger falls in the superorder Lilianae. The…