Zingiberaceae
Japanese ginger
Zingiber mioga
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Zingiber
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Common names
By language (16)
- azb
- ژاپون زنجفیلی
- Azerbaijani
- Yapon zəncəfili
- Chinese
- 蘘荷, 蘘荷子, 蘘荷花, 野姜, 茗荷
- Dutch
- Japanse gember
- English
- Japanese ginger, Mioga ginger, Myoga ginger
- Esperanto
- Miogo
- German
- Japanischer Ingwer, Myoga
- Japanese
- ミョウガ, みょうが, 茗荷, 蘘荷, 鈍根草
- Korean
- 양하, 양애
- lzh
- 蘘荷
- Macedonian
- Миога
- Polish
- Imbir japoński, Imbir mioga
- Portuguese
- Myoga
- Thai
- ขิงญี่ปุ่น
- Turkish
- Japon zencefili
- Vietnamese
- Myōga, Myoga
Synonyms
- Amomum mioga Thunb.
- Zingiber mijooka Siebold
- Zingiber sjooka Siebold
Photos
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Photo: Hiroshi Kumai, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sakura_chihaya+ from OSAKA, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jeanne-Hasenmuehle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeanne-Hasenmuehle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.