Ginger (Zingiber officinale), is a plant whose rhizome is often used as a spice and raw material for traditional medicine. The rhizome is in the form of a bulging finger in the middle sections. The dominant spicy taste felt from ginger is caused by a ketone compound called zingerone Ginger is the family Zingiberaceae (tumenic) family. The scientific name for ginger was given by William Roxburgh
