Elettaria cardamomum

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Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 254 1811. (syn. Alpinia cardamomum (L.) Roxb.; Amomum cardamomum L.; Amomum ensal Raeusch.; Amomum racemosum Lam.; Amomum repens Sonn.; Amomum uncinatum Stokes; Cardamomum elletari Garsault [Invalid]; Cardamomum malabaricum Pritz.; Cardamomum officinale Salisb.; Cardamomum minus (Gaertn.) Kuntze; Cardamomum verum Oken; Elettaria cardamomum var. minus Watt; Elettaria cardamomum var. minuscula Burkill; Elettaria repens (Sonn.) Baill.; Matonia cardamomum (L.) Stephenson & J.M.Churchill; Zingiber minus Gaertn.);

commonly known as: cardamom, green cardamom, Malabar cardamom • Assamese: এলাচি elasi, ইলাচী ilasi • Bengali: এলা ela, এলাচ elacha • Gujarati: એલચી elchi, એલચીડોડો elchidodo • Hindi: छोटी इलायची choti elaichi, हरी इलायची hari elaichi, इलाची ilachi • Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ elakki, ಯಾಲಕ್ಕಿ yaalakki • Kashmiri: ऐल् ail • Konkani: एळु ailu, येळु yelu • Malayalam: ഏലക്ക elakka, ഏലം elum, ഏലത്തരി eelaththari • Marathi: एलची elachi, एलदोडा eladoda, इलायची ilayachi • Nepali: अलैँचि alainchi • Oriya: upakuncika • Punjabi: ਛੋੱਟੀ ਇਲਾਚੀ chhotti ilachi • Sanskrit: एला ela • Tamil: ஏலம் elam, தாடிமம் tatimam • Telugu: ఏల ela, ఏలకి elaki, కోరంగి korangi • Tibetan: su-ksme, sug smel • Urdu: الاچي ilachi

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Elettaria cardamomum (Chhoti elaichi) – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)

In a Spice Garden in Ponda area of Goa on 30/9/09.

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Queen of Spices – Cardamom at Madikeri: Elettaria cardamomum (syn. Amomum cardamomum), a thorough native of south India

… optimum area for growing green cardamom is 8 – 13 degree N latitudes and 75 – 78 degree longitudes

… 600 to 1500 mtr above msl … as put at the Spices Board India http://www.indianspices.com/html/s0621cdm.htm

Seen at Kodagu Valley Resort growing wild … 31 MAR 11

…. commonly known as: cardamom, green cardamom, Malabar cardamom • Assamese: এলাচি elasi, ইলাচী ilasi • Bengali: এলা ela, এলাচ elacha • Gujarati: એલચી elchi, એલચીડોડો elchidodo • Hindi: छोटी इलायची choti elaichi, हरी इलायची hari elaichi, इलाची ilachi • Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ elakki, ಯಾಲಕ್ಕಿ yaalakki • Kashmiri: ऐल् ail • Konkani: एळु ailu, येळु yelu • Malayalam: ഏലക്ക elakka, ഏലം elum, ഏലത്തരി eelaththari • Marathi: एलची elachi, एलदोडा eladoda, इलायची ilayachi • Nepali: अलैँचि alainchi • Oriya: upakuncika • Punjabi: ਛੋੱਟੀ ਇਲਾਚੀ chhotti ilachi • Sanskrit: एला ela • Tamil: ஏலம் elam, தாடிமம் tatimam • Telugu: ఏల ela, ఏలకి elaki, కోరంగి korangi • Tibetan: su-ksme, sug smel • Urdu: الاچي ilachi
Best reading about (any) spices: Gernot Katzer Spice Pages … for cardamom –

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Elet_car.html

– I saw these Plants in Sikkim, when i was there in Jan. 2009. But i could not see the seed capsules.