Ginger

Ginger
Species information
Usage	Used in the Wit-Sharpening Potion and in Ginger Newts.

Ginger is used in cooking as a highly-flavoured spice. It is also used to make Wit-Sharpening Potion and in Ginger Newts.

Behind the scenes

• "Ginger" is also a sometimes derogatory term for people with red hair and freckles. Scabior, Fenrir Greyback, and a drunk man on Tottenham Court Road all referred to Ron Weasley by this term.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes