Elettaria

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Elettaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Elettaria (East Indian name). Zingiberaceae. Cardamon. Hothouse perennial herbs, sometimes seen in collections of economic plants. Differs from Amomum in technical characters, as in the slender tube of the perianth, the presence of internal lobes in the perianth, and the filaments not prolonged beyond the anther. Probably only 1 species, although more have been described. E. Cardamomum, Maton (Cardamomum officinale, Salisb. Amomum Cardamomum, Linn.), affords the small or true cardamons of commerce, which are the dried capsules and which are used in medicine. Species of Amomum yield other kinds of cardamon. The elettaria is native to India, but is cult. in Jamaica, and it will no doubt thrive in parts of S. Fla., where plants have been offered. The cardamon plant grows 5-10 ft. high, bearing a curving jointed, closely sheathed st. and oblong-lanceolate acuminate entire nearly sessile Lvs. often 2 ft. long: rootstock horizontal: fls. purple-striped: caps oblong or nearly globular, with many thin vertical ribs, indehiscent; seeds small, angled. Gt. 62, p. 93. It is said to prefer shade and a moist soil. In three or four years plants give full crops, but they become more or less exhausted after bearing three or four crops. Prop, by dividing the roots and by seeds. Under glass, handled the same as Alpinia. L. H. B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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