Many thanks from a New Zealand girl whose mother had ginger plants in her garden! (davidlebovitz.com)
Around A.D. 400, Chinese ships carried live ginger plants growing in ceramic pots, probably because eating the rhizomes eased seasickness — a common use in folk medicine today. (fieryfoodscentral.com)
Rolled - leaf beetles today still munch on ginger plants, as shown by the characteristic damage on this leaf from Panama. (sciencemag.org)