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[ReneZ]

I tried to find why this looked so familiar, and from what I have seen just briefly, I believe that this is a reasonable illustration of ginger.

This is how it was illustrated in the early 14th century herbal manusccript Egerton 747:

   

This doesn't show the leaves or the flowers. There are some suggestions in wikipedia:

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but I am sure that more googling can return better examples.