We are offering dry ginger (zingiber officinal), is the underground rhizome of an herbaceous plant of the family zingiberacea. Originally cultivated in the foothills of the himalayas, the ginger plant is now commercially cultivated all over the world. The knotty finger-like root is covered with a brownish skin that may be either thick or thin, depending upon whether the plant was harvested when it was mature or young. The inner flesh of the ginger root, depending upon the variety, is usually yellow, white or red in color. India is major producer of fresh and dry ginger.