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Kala Elaichi

Local Name	:	Kala Elaichi
Botanical Name	:	Amomum subulatum Roxb.
Common Name	:	Black cardamom
Family	:	Zingiberaceae
Distribution	:	It is cultivated throughout India including Odisha. It is predominantly grown in the eastern Himalayan region, Nepal, Bhutan, Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Vietnam etc.
Habit	:	Shrub
Short Description	:	It is a tropical herb with large, aromatic seed pods are used as a spice in cooking and in traditional medicine for their distinctive, smoky flavor and digestive benefits.

Descriptions

It is a perennial shrub plant with leafy shoots that grow up to 2-3 meters tall. It has lance-shaped, dark green leaves arranged alternately along the stem. The plant produces small, pale yellow flowers with red markings, emerging from dense, spiky inflorescences near the base. The fruit is a capsule, roughly 2-5 cm long, that ripens from green to brown and contains numerous aromatic seeds.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

April - October

Use(s)

The dried seed pods are used as a spice. Used for digestive and respiratory problems.