Zingiber officinaleor ginger is a plant native to india. India is the largest producer of ginger it is widely used in india and around the world in cooking and for medicinal purposes names in different languages: common name-ginger hindi- adrak manipuri- shing marathi- alha aale tamil- ingee inji malayalam- inchi enchi telugu- allam allamu allamu chettu shonti kannada: alla shunthi bengali- ada oriya- ada urdu- adrak adi assamese- ada gujarati- adu sunth sanskrit- adraka nepali- aduwa tangkhul: hui