Cardamom is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the family Zingiberaceae.
Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. It is also cultivated in Guatemala, Malaysia, and Tanzania.
The German coffee planter Oscar Majus Klöffer introduced Indian cardamom to cultivation in Guatemala before World War I; by 2000, that country had become the biggest producer and exporter of cardamom in the world, followed by India.
Its seeds are small and black where the pods are different in size and colour.
It is a spice that is made from the seed pods of various plants in the family of ginger.
Its seeds and the oil is extracted from the seeds and can be used to make Ayurvedic medicine.
It can be used both as culinary and medicinal for centuries.
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