Wild ginger may refer to any of a variety of plants, often with a similar appearance, odour or taste to cultivated ginger. Species involved include:
- Any of the Alpinia species, especially A. caerulea.
- Any of the Asarum species, especially A. caudatum
- Curcuma australasica
- Asiasarum sieboldi
- Siphonochilus aethiopicus
- Any of the numerous Zingiber species
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“The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)