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
The clove of commerce is the air-dried unopened flower bud obtained from evergreen medium sized tree. The tree grows to…
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…