Amomum cardamomum

Amomum cardamomum L. A. globosum Lour. A. tsao-ko Roxb. A. villosum L. A. xanthloides Wall. Bai Dou Ku Cao Guo Shan Ren (Siam cardamon, Chinese cardamon) (seed) d-Borneol, bomeol acetate, d-camphor, linalool, nerolidol, terpene.50 Treat pyrosis, vomiting, dyspepsia, pulmonary diseases. Antitoxic, antiemetic, carminative, stomachic. 

Cynanchum japonicum Moore et Decne Amomum cardamomum L. 

Borneol acetate Amomum cardamomum, A. globosum, A. tsao-ko, A. villosum, A. xanthloides m ,... 

Syn Amomum cardamomum L. Elettaria cardamomum L. var. miniscula Burkill Elettaria cardamomum L. var. minus Watt... 

Small cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton) and large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxburgh)... 

Amomum repens. W. I. 9. Elettaria cardamomum. Maton Tr. Lin. Soc.—Semina. The seeds. 

The cardamom used in China for these purposes is the fruit of Amomum cardamo-mum L., which is considered in Chinese medicine to be superior to that of Elettaria cardamomum (jiangsu). Amomum cardamoms are from Java and Siam (wichtl). 

Amomum subulatum is one kind of cardamoms belonging to Zingiberaceae. It is a native of the eastern Himalayas and now cultivated in Nepal and India. Because the fruits of A. subulatum are straw-colored and at least six times the size of the common greenish cardamoms Elettaria cardamomum), they are commonly called either greater cardamom or black cardamom. They give a characteristic intense flavor to food and are also used as a traditional medicine. 

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