HERB - Ginger

[Lynette K LaFontaine]

I ran across a flower called Hawaiian ginger once.  Don't know if you may be
talking about this.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathleen H. Keeler <kkeeler1 at unl.edu>
To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: HERB - Ginger


> There are two unrelated things that are called ginger.
>
> _Asarum_ a small herb of eastern forests and _Zingiber_ a big banana-like
> thing of the Old World tropics.  I presume you could germinate the ginger
> we cook with (Zingiber) or order it from a plant catalog.  _Zingiber_ gets
> big, is not frost-tolerant, and needs a lot of water.  They grow it
outside
> just fine in the wetter parts of Hawaii.  I don't know why they have the
> same common name.  Anyone?
>
> Agnes
> kkeeler1 at unl.edu
>
>
>
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