Description
Description: A Perennial, reed-like herb up to 4 metres high, with long, silky blade-shaped laves. Its long sheathing stems bear small yellowish flowers with purple tips, followed by oblong red-brown seeds.
Decorticated cardamom consists of husked dried seeds. The essential oil occurs in large parenchyma cells underlying the epidermis of the seeds coat.
Botanical Name: Elettaria cardamomum
Common Names: Amomum cardamomum, Elettaria cardamomum var. miniscula, Elettaria cardamomum var. minus
Medicinal Part: Seeds
INCI Name: Elettaria Cardamomum Seed
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