Elettaria

Cardamom is the ground seed of a tropical fruit in the ginger family known as Elettaria cardamomum.

2008 February 17 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

Cardamom is the ground seed of a tropical fruit in the ginger family known as Elettaria cardamomum.

Spices and Herbs -Bandra Bazar Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

Noel Cruz has opened Carmine Club Caf é , with partner Sam Rivera, his first new project since Elettaria shuttered in 2009.

Neighborly Menu 2011

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), a member of the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) Family, is an expectorant, thus helping to open the respiratory passages.

Brigitte Mars: 7 Herbs And Spices That Warm You Up 2009

In the Knuckles Range the undergrowth in large forest areas is being cleared for cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) plantations.

Sri Lanka montane rain forests 2008

However good ol' Wiki seems to indicate the scientific name for it is Elettaria cardamomum, which would make the use of m more accurate.

Pistachio, yoghurt & cardamom cake, with lime syrup Niki 2005

New Guinea is investigating potential cultivation of Elettaria cardamomum L. Maton (cardamom) and Capsicum frutescens L. (tabasco), and Indonesia is beginning to produce Syzgium aromaticum (L.)

1. Lost crops of the incas. 1992

_Elettaria major_, is a perennial, native of Ceylon, which grows in shady situations in a rich mixed soil.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

Various species of _Alpiniæ_, _Amomum_, _Elettaria_, _and Renealmia_, appear to furnish the cardamoms of the shops, which consist of the oval, trivalvular capsules containing the seeds.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

True cardamon is Elettaria cardamomum; if you want to grow it don't confuse it with the ornamental cardamon-leaf ginger, Alpinia calcarata, which is often sold as Cardamon but doesn't produce pods.

Towards Sustainability Julie 2010