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Synonym
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Alpinia cardamomum
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Family
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Zingiberaceae
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Local name
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English - Cardamom
Malayalam -Elam
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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September-February
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Distribution
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Cultivated
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Distribution
in kerala
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Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam,
Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Cultivated
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Uses
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Cardamom is used to
cure indigestion, nausea, vomiting and used to expel out phlegm out of body.
It is also used as laxative and used to prevent stomach pain, flatulence and
gripping.
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Key Botanical Characters :
Herbs, rhizome branched, thick; leafy
shoots to 2 m high, tufted. Leaves bifarious, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at
both ends.Flowers in prostrate or erect, 30-50 cm long, panicles from the
rhizome; bracts scarius, 3-4 cm long, supporting 2-7 flowers. Calyx tubular,
1 cm long, split on one side. Corolla white, tube equal to the calyx, lobes
unequal, to 2 cm long, oblong.Labellum, obovate, white with red lines.Stamen
1, filaments short; anther cells parallel, shortly spurred;
staminodesshort.Ovary 3-celled, ovules many, style filiform, stigma funnel
shaped. Capsule 8-13 x 5-8 mm, ellipsoid, striate; seeds many, angular,
fragrant.
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