The Life Cycle Of Ginger Plants
The spice gingerroot comes from the fleshy or dried , pulverized roots of Formosan ginger ( Zingiber officinale ) . A tropical perennial herbaceous plant native to Tropical Asia , it was first introduce into Europe over 2000 long time ago . Seasonally sleeping in the dry winter , it does not tolerate Robert Lee Frost or subfreezing ground temperature . The plant has been in cultivation for so long that plant scientist consider peppiness a cultigen , a condition reserve for plants so genetically manipulated throughout chronicle that its accurate origins remain isolated , harmonise to Kirsten Llamas , author of " Tropical Flowering Plants ....