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Abstract
Ginger, rhizomes from Zingiber officinale Roscoe, cultivated in Eastern Zimbabwe were collected, distilled for essential oil composition and subjected to GC and GC-MS analysis. One hundred and eleven (111) components accounting for 99.9% of total oil composition were identified and the essential oil was dominated by neral (10.6-12.5%), geranial (16.5-17.8%), camphene (3.6-10.1%), 1,8-cineole and β-phellandrene (5.8-13.7%), limonene (4.7-6.6%), borneol (2.9-5.6%), zingiberene (3.0-9.9%), β-sesquiphellandrene (1.4-5.0%), β-bisabolene (1.6-4.3%) and ar-curcumene (1.4-3.8%). Due to its widespread use in the pharmaceutical, food, beverage and cosmetic industries, the identity of the local chemovarieties is essential for crop and product development.