A plant family of the order Zingiberales, subclass Zingiberidae, class Liliopsida. It includes plants which have both flavoring and medicinal properties such as GINGER; turmeric (CURCUMA), and cardamom (ELETTARIA).

A plant genus. The root used in Thai cooking. Members contain CHALCONES.

Synonyms: Hedychiums txid97748 Renealmia Kaempferia txid97724 txid105703 Renealmias Boesenbergia Boesenbergias txid4642 Hedychium txid188478 Aframomum txid4645 Aframomums Kaempferias Zingiberaceae