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Cardamom
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Cardamom
 Kingdom Plantae
DivisionMagnoliophyta
ClassLiliopsida
Order
Family Zingiberaceae
Sub family
GenusElettaria
SpeciesE.cardamomum
Binomial NameElettaria cardamomum

The name cardamom (sometimes written cardamon) is used for species within three genera of the Ginger family (Zingiberaceae), namely Elettaria, Amomum and Aframomum. Cardamom was first used c.700 CE, in south India; it was first imported into Europe c.1200 CE. Cardamom is native to the tropical rainforests of south India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and


Species infecting Cardamom
P.meadii
P.nicotianae
 
Designed and Developed by: Alias E., Shaji A., M. Anandaraj and S.J. Eapen, Bioinformatics Centre, IISR, Calicut.