- The name cardamom (or cardamon) is
used for herbs within two genera of the ginger family Zingiberaceae,
namely Elettaria and Amomum.
- Both varieties take the form of a
small seedpod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a
thin papery outer shell and small black seeds. Elettaria pods are light
green in color, while Amomum pods are larger and dark brown.
- Black cardamom is a plant in the
family Zingiberaceae. Its seed pods have a strong, smoky, anise-like
flavor.
- The pods are used as a spice, in a
manner similar to the green Indian cardamom pods, but those have a
drastically different flavor.
- Unlike green cardamom, this spice
is rarely used in sweet dishes. Its smoky flavor and aroma derive from
traditional methods of drying over open flames.
- Cardamom grows best in tropical
forests at altitudes ranging from 600 to 1,500 metres above sea level,
receiving a well-distributed rainfall of over 1500 mm and a temperature
of 10-35 C.
- Cardamom's best growth and
development is observed in warm and humid places under the canopy of
evergreen forest trees.
- The ideal site is slightly sloping
with good drainage. The crop is raised best on well-drained, rich forest
loam, and red, deep, good textured
lateritic soils having plenty of
humus or leaf-mulch.
- Elettaria cardamomum is used as a
spice, a masticatory, and in medicine; it is also sometimes smoked; it
is used as a food plant by the larva of the moth Endoclita hosei.
- Amomum is used as a spice and as
an ingredient in traditional systems of medicine in China, India, Korea,
Japan, and Vietnam.
- In the Middle East and Turkey,
green cardamom powder is used as a spice for sweet dishes as well as
traditional flavouring in coffee and tea. It is also used to some extent
in some dish recipes.
- In South Asia green cardamom is
often used in traditional Indian sweets and in tea, or chai. Black
cardamom is sometimes used in garam masala for curries. Individual seeds
are sometimes chewed, in much the same way as chewing-gum.
- India is the largest producer of
large cardamom with 54% share in world production, and Sikkim
contributes upto 88% of India's production Cardamom is called Elakka in
Malayalam, which is the language of Kerala an Indian province that
accounts for 70% of Indian cardamom.
- An estimated 4000 tonnes of large
cardamom valued at about Rs. 1.60 billion are produced annually in
Sikkim alone, which constitutes nearly 80% of total Indian production.
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General
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- Black
cardamom
- Cardamom
Information
- Cardamom
Spice Description
- Cardamomi
Semen
- Cardamom (Elettaria
cardamomum)
- Cardamom - The queen
of Species
- Cardamomi
Semina, B.P.
- Amomum
subulatum
- Cardamom
(large)
- Greater
Cardamom
- Overview of
Black Cardamom
- Spices of India
- Cardamom
Growth and Cultivation
- Cardamom
Cultivation
- Amomum
subulatum Spice Farming
- Cultivating and
Collecting Cardamom
- Model Scheme for
Small Cardamom Cultivation
- Pollination biology
of large cardamom
- Varieties and
Grades of Cardamom
Process
- Processing of
Cardamom
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- Processing of
spices
- Analysis of
the oil of large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) growing in
Sikkim
- Studies on
quality improvement of large-cardamom using an advanced gasifier based
dryer
- Analytical
Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Extraction
- Antimicrobial
Effect of Seed Extract of Cardamom
- Properties of
Large Cardamom
Company Profiles
- Company in
Germany
- Company in
India
- Cardamom Extracting
Company
- Another Company in
India
- Processing Company
in Kerala
- Company in Madurai,
India
Consultants and Project
- Consultant in New
Zealand
- Research Institute
in India
- Consultant in
India
- Project
Consultants
- Consultant in
Portland
- Consultant in
California
- The Cardamom
Project
- Spice Oils - Cardamom
Products
- Cardamom
Oil
- Cardamom CO2
Extracts
- Cardamom Essential
Oil 100% Pure
- Cardamom Cake
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Patent and Technology
- Additive for
Stimulants
- Cardamom Seed
Preparation being effective against bad breath
- Composition for
Stabilizing pink color of fresh Large cardamom and a Process for
Stabilizing the pink color of fresh Large Cardamom
- Process for the
Supercritical extraction and fractionation of Species
- Supercritical fluid
Technology
- Cardamom
Applications
- Cardamom Health
Benefits Gayot
- Information and
Medicinal Benefits of Cardamom
- Dual effects of
Black cardamom
- Remedy
- Herbal remedies
using Cardamom
- Drug
Interactions, Dosage and Some of its Useful
Properties
Market
- Guatemala Vs
India
- Cardamom continues to rule high
- Duty evasion in cloves, cardamom imports suspected
- Indian cardamom market
- Cardamom slips on poor demand
- Large Cardamom
Market at Gangtok
- Bringing Market into
Focus
Report
- Spices Board is
panning to set up large cardamom processing units
- Cardamom: Product
Profile
- A gasifier
system for curing large-cardamom in Sikkim
- Spice
India
- Organic Cardamom
Cultivation Provides Farmers New Economic Opportunities
- Large cardamom
Growth Performance
- Small
Cardamom—Precious for People, Harmful for Mountain Forests
- Cardamom growers take up replanting
- Spices and
Condiments - Large Cardamom-Capsules and Seeds
- Synthesis Report on
Cardamom Cultivation
- Conservation &
Consumption:
A Study on the Crude Drug Trade in Threatened Medicinal
Plants
Suppliers and Buyers
- Cardamom
Suppliers
- Exporter of
Cardamom
- Cardamom
Exporters & Traders
- Cardamom Indian
Suppliers
- Spices
Enterprise
-
Spice Shop
-
Trading
Company
-
Exporter profile
- Cardamom
Buyers List
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