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Taxon:
Elettaria cardamomum
(L.) Maton var.
major
Thwaites
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Elettaria
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
14983
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. zeyl. 318. 1864
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/528247
Verified:
04/18/2011
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.
cardamomum
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elettaria ensal
(Gaertn.) Abeyw.
Elettaria major
Sm.
Zingiber ensal
Gaertn.
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Reference(s)
Anjali, N. et al.
2016. Intraspecific variations in cardamom (
Elettaria cardamomum
Maton): assessment of genomic diversity by flow cytometry, cytological studies and ISSR analysis. SpringerPlus 5:1560.
Note:
It published five numbers from 2012 until 2016
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1952. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 3:150.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Note:
=
Elettaria major
Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds.
1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:118.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Hooker, J. D.
1872-1897. Flora of British India
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.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Nair, N. C. & A. N. Henry.
1983-. The flora of Tamil Nadu.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Prasath, D. & M. N. Venugopal.
2004. Genetic diversity and conservation of cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
Maton.) in India. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 138:55-60.
Common names
English
Ceylon cardamom –
Reference(s)
greater oblong cardamom –
Reference(s)
long cardamom –
Reference(s)
wild cardamom –
Reference(s)
German
Ceylon-Kardamom –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Kerala
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
s.
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Kerala],
Sri Lanka
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(s.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds.
1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:118.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
essential oils
Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds.
1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:118.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References