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Taxon: Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton var. major Thwaites

 
Genus: Elettaria
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Alpinioideae
Tribe: Alpinieae
Nomen number: 14983
Place of publication: Enum. pl. zeyl. 318. 1864
Link to protologue: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/528247
Name Verified on: 18-bal.-2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Food additives: flavoring
  • Materials:
  • Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Kerala] Sri Lanka


    Naturalized

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.)


References:

  1. Anjali, N. et al. 2016. Intraspecific variations in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton): assessment of genomic diversity by flow cytometry, cytological studies and ISSR analysis. SpringerPlus 5:1560. Note: It published five numbers from 2012 until 2016
  2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1952. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 3:150.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage Note: = Elettaria major
  5. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:118.
  6. Hooker, J. D. 1872-1897. Flora of British India
  7. Kuriakose, G. et al. 2009. Domestication of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) in Western Ghats, India: divergence in productive traits and a shift in major pollinators. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 103:727-733.
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  9. Nair, N. C. & A. N. Henry. 1983-. The flora of Tamil Nadu.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Prasath, D. & M. N. Venugopal. 2004. Genetic diversity and conservation of cardamom Elettaria cardamomum Maton.) in India. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 138:55-60.

Check other web resources for Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton var. major Thwaites :

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14983. Accessed 22 spalio 2026.