Ginger, Red True 'Rubra'
- Product number: 831566.1
- Origin: South Asia
- Latin: Zingiber officinalis
Red Ginger is a favorite among ginger lovers due to its excellent taste: spicy enough, full of aroma, and with beautiful red rhizomes that give dishes a light red color.
Do not confuse this ginger with Alpinia purpurata (840200), which has red flowers and is an ornamental plant.
Names:
Latin: Zingiber officinale
Dutch: Gember, Rode Echte
Also known as: Rode Gember
English: Red Ginger
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- Flower colour: Inconspicuous flowers, yellow-green with red
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
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- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: South Asia
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Zingiber officinalis
- Dutch: Ginger, Red True
- Also known as: Red Ginger
- English: Red Ginger
