Ginger is a root plant which grows annual stems of about a metertall, bearing narrow green leaves and yellow flowers. Gingerbelongs to the family of Zingiberaceae. It originated in theSouthern Asian tropical rainforest and although it no longergrows wild, it is thought to have originated on the Indiasubcontinent because the ginger plants grown in India show thelargest amount of genetic variation.

Ginger has a high medicinal and food value, the plant iscultivated in large quantities by many farmers especially in thenorthern part of Nigerian.