cardamomum

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

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

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

Sri Lanka montane rain forests 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

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

They trade cardamomum in Malabar, Calecut, and Cananor, [that plant] being used throughout the Orient to sweeten the breath.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906

The other vegetable products which Media furnished, or was believed to furnish, to the ancient world, were bdellium, amomum, cardamomum, gum tragacanth, wild-vine oil, and sagaponum, or the _Ferula persica_.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

Bdellium, if it is benzoin, amomum, and cardamomum were perhaps rather imported through Media than the actual produce of the country, which is too cold in the winter to grow any good spices.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

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