Elettaria cardamomum

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.);
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SW. India as per POWO;

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.

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Orchidaceae Fortnight??: 04102013GS4 for ID from Kerala GS-21 : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 4 authors.
This plant photographed by my son from Kerala look to be another Zingiberaceae member. Please help me in ID.

Elettaria cardamomum ?

…, this is Elettaria cardamomum from the Zingiberaceae family. Hindi : Elaichi, velchi Malayalam : Elakkai

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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae- Elletaria cardamomum from Kerala for validation-GSAUG64 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Perhaps Elletaria cardamomum, photographed by my son from Kerala. Please validate.

Excellent photos of Elettaria cardamomum

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Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Fortnight: Zingiberaceae: Elettaria cardamomum : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Please find the photo of cardamum, Elettaria cardamomum

For sharing-spicy archway.130914.RT : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5).
A spicy walkable archway of Elettaria cardamomum-in a Cardamom platation at Kumily; Kerala.

Wonderful uploads, …

TSPNOV2015-15: Images of Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)

It is my pleasure to share few images of Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae)

Habit: Rhizomatous herb

Habitat:Cultivated.

Sighting: Chikmagalur, Mudigere and Sakaleshpur Karnataka, about 1000 msl
Date:15-08-2014, 16-08-2014 and 26-08-2014

Elletaria cardamomum from Jammu-GS30102023: 4 high res. images.
Elletaria cardamomum
Grown in a house garden in Nihalpur Simbal Village, Jammu, 15-10-2023.

References:
POWO

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-243056

Elettaria cardamomum information from NPGS/GRIN

Elettaria – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elettaria cardamomum – Cardamom

Himalaya’s Herbs and Minerals – Quality products start with quality raw materials

http://www.floridata.com/ref/E/elet_car.cfm

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

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