Honors Biology Wildflowers


20. This plant is the wild ginger (Note the heart-shaped leaf and spindly, 3 petal flower in the center!).

Wild ginger may be used for the following purposes:

a. Eat the raw or dried stems as a ginger substitute.

b. Tea from the roots helps get rid of tummy aches.

c. Eating the leaves makes one hungry (good for cancer patients).

d. Eating the leaves was used as a cure for tuberculosis (TB).

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