Ginger of commerce is the dried underground stem of the herbaceous tropical plant grown as an annual. The whole plant is refreshingly aromatic and the underground rhizome, raw or processed, is valued as spice. Ginger is a slender perennial herb, 30-50 cm tall with palmately branched rhizome bearing leafy shoots. The leafy shoot is a pseudostem formed by leaf
Turmeric is the boiled, dried, cleaned and polished rhizomes of Curcuma longa. The plant is a herbaceous perennial, 60-90 cm…
The spice nutmeg has a distinctive pungent fragrance and a warm slightly sweet taste; it is used to flavour many…
Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit of Illicium verum. It is an evergreen tree attaining a height of…