What is the difference between turmeric and ginger?

The difference between turmeric and ginger lies in the appearance and plant species.

Ginger usually has many side branches, while turmeric doesn't have many side branches. Turmeric is symmetrical like a little finger. So we can distinguish ginger and turmeric by their appearance.

Dioscorea zingiberensis belongs to Dioscoreaceae and contains natural curcumin. It belongs to Curcuma of Musaceae and Zingiberaceae. The rhizome is developed and stout, the end is enlarged, the leaves are oblong, the top is gradually pointed, the bracts are oval, light green, the top is obtuse, the corolla is light yellow, and the flowering period is August. Ginger belongs to zingiberaceae, with fleshy rhizome, fragrant and spicy, lanceolate leaves, tapering apex, smooth and hairless, stipe sheath, sessile, and flowering from June to August. Therefore, ginger and turmeric can also be distinguished by plant species characteristics.

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Dioscorea zingiberensis is distributed in southern China, Hubei, Hunan, south of Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, Tianshui in Gansu and Sichuan. It grows between 65,438+500m-65,438+0,500 m above sea level, mostly in damaged miscellaneous forests or roadside at the edge of forests and valleys, and is commonly found in deep humus layers, sometimes in crevices, flat land and high mountains. Grinding the tuber of Dioscorea zingiberensis into powder is the main component of seasoning curry. Curry is yellow because of turmeric.