id: 74

name: Cardamom

flavor_bible_name_variants: cardamom,cardamom green

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Cardamom

flavor_db_name_variants: cardamom

name_scientific: Elettaria cardamomum

description: Cardamom (or cardamon) refers to several plants of the similar genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India, Nepal and Bhutan; they are recognised by their small seed pods, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin, papery, outer shell and small black seeds. Today, Guatemala is the biggest producer and exporter of cardamom in the world, followed by India. Some other countries such as Sri Lanka have also begun to cultivate it. Elettaria pods are light green while Amomum pods are larger and dark brown. It is the world's third most expensive spice by weight, outstripped in market value only by saffron and vanilla.

itis_id: 506505

wikipedia_id: Cardamom

picture_file_name: 74.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 63840

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:35.000Z

legacy_id: 80

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Spices

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:18.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:15.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 105181

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00074