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Taxon:  Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton var. cardamomum



Summary
Genus:
Elettaria
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
14982
Verified:
08/04/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (0 active accession[s])
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton var. major Thwaites (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum cardamomum L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  5. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:118.
  6. Kuriakose, G. et al. 2009. Domestication of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in Western Ghats, India: divergence in productive traits and a shift in major pollinators. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 103:727-733. Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
  7. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 121-122. Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  10. Parham, J. W. 1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Prasath, D. & M. N. Venugopal. 2004. Genetic diversity and conservation of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton.) in India. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 138:55-60.
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
Common names
English
cardamom –
Chester cardamom –
Malabar cardamom –
Mysore cardamom –
small cardamom –
French
cardamome –
cardamomier –
German
Kardamompflanze –
Malabar-Kardamom –
Italian
cardamomo –
Portuguese (Brazil)
cardamão –
cárdamomo –
Spanish
cardamomo –
Transcribed Chinese
dou kou hua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaEl Salvador  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, El Salvador
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoringspice obtained from seeds, as Elettaria cardamomLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 121-122. Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
Materialsbeads Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
Materialsessential oilsas Elettaria cardamomLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 121-122. Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolkloreas Elettaria cardamomLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 121-122. Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
Medicinesfolkloreas Elettaria cardamomDuke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Elettaria cardamomum
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14982. Accessed 2 May 2025.