Black Cardamom
Scientific name of Black Cardamom: Amomum subulatum
Name of Black Cardamom in different languages:-
English: hill cardamom, greater cardamom, winged cardamom, brown cardamom
Sanskrit: aindri, bahula, tridivodbhava, triputa
Hindi: बड़ी इलायची Badi ilaichi
Tamil: periya-elattari
Malayalam: Perelam-പേരേലം
Plant description:
Black Cardamom Black Cardamom is an evergreen plant found in the forest area of the high altitude of 500 to 2000m, that grew up to 5 ft tall. Leaves are long, a sword shaped, arranged oppositely, 50 cm long and 3-s cm wide with a sword like smooth green, on the upper portion of the stem. Flower buds appear in the base of the rhizome. Its seeds contain in a pod have a strong camphor-like flavor, which is used as a spice like green cardamom pods.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-Cordate | Margin-Entire | Venation-parallel |
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Useful plant parts:
Seeds
Medicinal uses:
Digestive disorders such as indigestion, astringent, antibilious, and antiemetic flatulence stomach disorders, malaria and kidney stones
Chemical content:
α-pinene, β-pinene α-terpineol and terpinen, Spathulenol.
Black Cardamom is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurvedic medicines like:-
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