Note on the Production of Cardamoms.

Abstract

The cardamon of commerce consists of the dried ripe fruit of Elettaria cardamomum Maton ( fam Zingiberaceae) . The name cardamom has also been applied to the fruit of other plants of the Zingiberaceae family, especially to those of the genus Amomum that are cultivated in Indonesia. These latter are little known outside the Far East. It is of particular importance to note that only the fruit of E. cardamomum is official in the British and United States Pharmacopoeias.