Cardamon

Botanical Name

Elettaria cardamomum

Botany

Cardamom is a perennial with tall, simple canes or stems that grow out of a thick rhizome. The flowers are small, white with blue and yellow tips and occur in long trailing reacemes. The fruit are ribbed capsules with three cells, each containing four to six tiny seeds. The leaves are dark green, lance shaped and can grow to one foot long.

Utilized Botanical Materials

Fruit

Characteristics

Dark brown to gray

Mellow, cooling

Lemon-like, sharply bitter

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