Ginger is Spice Name

Spice Ginger is one of the most popular in cooking. It is considered a vegetable as its roots are used. People have been using the it for cooking and healing for thousands of years. It is a flowering plant, its whole roots can be used as a spice. Two pictures of ginger shown below one is whole and another is powder with family and botanical name.

Spices Name: Ginger

Family Name: Zingiberaceae

Botanical name: Zingiber Officinale Rosc.

Ginger is a well known spice today. It is available in most of the countries. The essential ginger we get from its plant's root. 

Ginger is probably native to Southeastern Asia. Now it is available in most of the countries in the world. It's more cultivating to increase production for its more consumption.

Its plant is small, about three to five feet high. Ginger plant is like a turmeric plant with a soft body and its leaves are green. It is a tropical plant. Planting and growing ginger is simple. It can grow at home also.The spices are grown under soil like potato, turmeric, onion, garlic etc and collected from under soil at the time of harvesting.

Ginger has nutrition value, contains sodium, potassium, iron, magnesium, vitamin , C and B6. It has anti oxidants that prevents stress. Ginger help body from many diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease and diseases of the lungs.  

Ginger is one of the most essential spices for use. It is used in curry, salads and soup for better food taste. Also it is used with tea from relief cold problem. It can be used fresh, dried and powdered. 

Name of Spice is Clove

The name of spice clove is well known as a cooking material. It is a flower type of spice and today its availability is in most of the countries. It is used as a spice after drying. Clove spices name pictures, one is flower buds and another is powder are given below.

• Spice Name: Clove
• Family Name: Myrtaceae
• Botanical name: Syzygium Aromaticum

The spice clove is native to the North Moluccas Island in Indonesia. It spread to Europe and Asia during the middle ages. It is now a common spice to us . It is planted in many countries for their own use and export.

The clove tree is evergreen and about forty feet high. After five to six year from planting for the first time the flowers shown in the tree i.e. it is ready for harvesting. Clove flower buds are spicy and can  be used as a whole or grind.

Clove contains valuable sources of minerals and vitamins which are better healthy. It contains fats, calcium, sodium, potassium, iron, manganese, magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin K and B6 etc.

In our grocery list clove name spice  is a regular item. Today, it remains important to make many dishes special. Clove used in traditional medicine. In Asian cooking, cloves are an essential spice used to flavor curries, rice for better taste and flavor.

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