native
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People
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In arts and entert ...
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
naturalized
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done automatically by a statute, i.e., without any effort on the part of the in ...
elsewhere.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families /ref> One member of the genus, '' E. cardamomum'', is a commercially important spice used as a
flavouring agent
A flavoring (or flavouring), also known as flavor (or flavour) or flavorant, is a food additive used to improve the taste or smell of food. It changes the perceptual impression of food as determined primarily by the chemoreceptors of the gustat ...
in many countries.
In 2018, several species were removed from ''Elettaria'' and placed in a new genus called ''
Sulettaria
''Sulettaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The plants of the genus were formerly in the genus ''Elettaria'' until 2018.
''Sulettaria'' are native to Malaysia and Indonesia.
* '' Sulettaria brachycalyx'' S.Sakai ...
''. These species are recognized as of October 2018:
* ''
Elettaria cardamomum
''Elettaria cardamomum'', commonly known as green or true cardamom, is a herbaceous, perennial plant in the ginger family, native to southern India. It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice called cardamom. It is cu ...
'' (L.) Maton - India
* ''
Elettaria ensal
''Elettaria ensal'' is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Joseph Gaertner, and got its current name from Bartholomeusz Aristides Abeywickrama. ''Elettaria ensal'' is part of the genus ''Elettaria'' and the family Zingib ...
'' (Gaertn.) Abeyw. - Sri Lanka
These former species from Malaysia and Indonesia were reclassified into ''
Sulettaria
''Sulettaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The plants of the genus were formerly in the genus ''Elettaria'' until 2018.
''Sulettaria'' are native to Malaysia and Indonesia.
* '' Sulettaria brachycalyx'' S.Sakai ...
R.M.Sm.
Rosemary Margaret Smith (1933–2004) was a Scottish botanist and illustrator who specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family. Many of the species she classified and identified as being placed into improper genera were fou ...