ZINGIBER OFFICINALE
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This member of the Zingiberaceae family was described by William Roscoe in 1807. It was originally found in the Assam, China, East Himalaya and India, but is now grown around most the tropical parts of the world. It preferring a drained peat with lots of water and some sun. The rhizomes will grow to 3,5 centimetres in diameter, and the plant can grow up to 1,4 meters. The rare seen flowers are greenish yellow. Zingiber is derived from the Sanskrit word, shringavera, which means 'shaped like a deer's antlers' and name of the spice, singabera. It became the Greek zingiberis.
The species name as it is used in pharmacological sense. Also seen on IPNI as Scitamineae. Another flower by Osbel López Francisco y Mariano Gorostiza Salazar, Powo.science.kew.org.