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Amomum
''Amomum'' is a genus of plants containing about 111 species native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It includes several species of cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties. Among ancient writers, the name ''amomum'' was ascribed to various odoriferous plants that cannot be positively identified today. The word derives from Latin ''amomum'', which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄμωμον (''amomon''), a kind of an Indian spice plant. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library Edmund Roberts noted on his 1834 trip to China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Amomum Species
Plants of the World Online recognises 111 species in the genus ''Amomum'', as follows: *'' Amomum alborubellum'' *'' Amomum ampliflorum'' *'' Amomum andamanicum'' *'' Amomum apiculatum'' *'' Amomum aquaticum'' *'' Amomum argyrophyllum'' *'' Amomum arunachalense'' *'' Amomum bicornutum'' *'' Amomum bilabiatum'' *'' Amomum billburttii'' *'' Amomum biphyllum'' *'' Amomum calcicola'' *'' Amomum carnosum'' *'' Amomum centrocephalum'' *'' Amomum cephalotes'' *'' Amomum chaunocephalum'' *'' Amomum chayanianum'' *'' Amomum chevalieri'' *'' Amomum chong-eui'' *'' Amomum chryseum'' *'' Amomum cinnamomeum'' *'' Amomum corrugatum'' *''Amomum curtisii'' *'' Amomum dampuianum'' *'' Amomum deuteramomum'' *'' Amomum diphyllum'' *'' Amomum dolichanthum'' *'' Amomum echinatum'' *'' Amomum elan'' *'' Amomum erythranthum'' *'' Amomum exertum'' *'' Amomum fangdingii'' *'' Amomum flavorubellum'' *'' Amomum foetidum'' *'' Amomum fragile'' *'' Amomum fragrans'' *'' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardamom
Cardamom (), sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genus (biology), genera ''Elettaria'' and ''Amomum'' in the family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. They are recognized by their small seed pods: triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin, papery outer shell and small, black seeds; ''Elettaria'' pods are light green and smaller, while ''Amomum'' pods are larger and dark brown. Species used for cardamom are native throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. The first references to cardamom are found in Sumer, and in Ayurveda. In the 21st century, it is cultivated mainly in India, Indonesia, and Guatemala. Etymology The word ''cardamom'' is derived from the Latin , as a Latinisation (literature), Latinisation of the Greek language, Greek (), a compound of (, "Garden cress, cress") and (), of unknown origin. The earliest attested form of the word signifying "cres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amomum Subulatum
''Amomum subulatum'', also known as black cardamom, hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Indian cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged cardamom, big cardamon, or brown cardamom, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Zingiberaceae. Its seed pods have a strong, camphor-like flavour, with a smoky character derived from the method of drying. Characteristics The pods are used as a spice, in a similar manner to cardamom, green cardamom pods but with a different flavour. Unlike green cardamom, this spice is rarely used in sweet dishes. Its smoky flavour and aroma derive from traditional methods of drying over open flames. Species At least two distinct species of black cardamom occur: ''Amomum subulatum'' (also known as Nepal cardamom) and ''Amomum tsao-ko''. The pods of ''A. subulatum,'' used primarily in the Indian cuisine, cuisines of India and Pakistani cuisine, certain regional cuisines of Pakistan, are the smaller of the two, while the larger pods of ''A. tsao-ko'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurfbainia Villosa
''Wurfbainia villosa'', also known by its basionym ''Amomum villosum'', () is a plant in the ginger family which is grown as a cardamom-like spice throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Like cardamom, the plant is cultivated for its fruits, dry capsules containing strongly aromatic seeds. ''W. villosa'' is an evergreen monocotyledonous plant 1.5 to 3.0 m in height, the branches and leaves of which are similar to those of ginger. It grows in the shade of trees and has a reproductive peculiarity whereby those flowers borne on creeping growth at ground level will set fruit, while those borne on aerial branches will not. It blooms in March and April, the colour, translucency and waxy lustre of the flowers being likened traditionally to those of white jade. Use in cuisine The seed of ''Wurfbainia villosa'' is used as a spice in Chinese cuisine, in which it can also form an ingredient in certain recipes for the traditional spice mixture known as five-spice powder. From as ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elettaria Cardamomum
''Elettaria cardamomum'', commonly known as green cardamom or true cardamom, is a herbaceous plant, herbaceous, perennial plant in the Zingiberaceae, ginger family, native to southern India. It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice called cardamom that has a sharp, strong, punchy aroma. It is cultivated widely in tropical regions and reportedly naturalized in Réunion, Indochina, and Costa Rica. Growth ''Elettaria cardamomum'' is a pungent, aromatic, herbaceous, perennial plant, growing to about in height. The leaves are alternate in two ranks, linear-lanceolate, long, with a long pointed tip. The flowers are white to lilac or pale violet, produced in a loose spike long. The fruit is a three-sided yellow-green pod long, containing several (15-20) black and brown seeds. Use The green seed pods of the plant are dried and the seeds inside the pod are used in Indian cuisine, Indian and other Asian cuisines, either whole or ground. It is the most wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meistera Dallachyi
''Meistera dallachyi'', commonly known as green ginger, is a plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a rhizomatous herb, that is, the stem grows horizontally underground and only the leaves appear above ground. The leaf sheaths (the "stems") may be up to long with a number of long narrow leaves on either side, each up to about long by wide. The flowers are produced at ground level on a separate stalk to the leaves. The flowers have three white or cream petals and a labellum up to long. The fruit is a yellow or green, three-valved, spiky capsule about long by wide, containing a number of brown or black seeds. Taxonomy This species was first described in 1873 as ''Amomum dallachyi'' by Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller, but by 2002 it was known that the genus ''Amomum'' was paraphyletic. A review of the genus published in 2018 resulted in this species being transferred to the genus ''Meistera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aframomum Zambesiacum
''Aframomum zambesiacum'' is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. Its common name is nangawo. It is native to Kimalila, part of the southern highlands in Tanzania. ''A. zambesiacum'' grows in upland and secondary forests, often near water, between altitudes of . ''Aframomum zambesiacum'' is a leafy plant that grows from a short, branched rhizome. The leafy stems grow in clumps up to tall. 20–50 bee- pollinated flowers are borne in heads arising from the base of the shoots. Petals are white with a large crimson patch at the base. The red fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...s are oval, long and wide with prominent ridges running from top to bottom. Seeds are shiny and dark-brown. Notes References * * zambesiacum Plants described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanxangia Tsaoko
''Lanxangia tsao-ko'', formerly ''Amomum tsao-ko'', and also known as red cardamom or Chinese black cardamom, is a ginger-like plant known in English by the transliterated Chinese name ( zh, c=, p=cǎoguǒ, s=, t=, poj=chháu-kó, j=cou2 gwo2). It grows at high altitudes in Yunnan, as well as the northern highlands of Vietnam. Both wild and cultivated plants are used medicinally and also in cooking. The dried fruit of the plant has a pungent, gingery taste. See also *Black cardamom ''Amomum subulatum'', also known as black cardamom, hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Indian cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged cardamom, big cardamon, or brown cardamom, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Zingiberaceae. ... References Alpinioideae {{Zingiberales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurfbainia Uliginosa
''Wurfbainia uliginosa'' is the type species of the recently reconstituted plant genus '' Wurfbainia''de Boer H, Newman, M, Poulsen AD, Droop AJ, Fér T, Hiên LTT, Hlavatá K, Lamxay V, Richardson JF, Steffen K, Leong-Škorničková J (2018) Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): Recircumscribing ''Amomum'' as a monophyletic genus. ''Taxon'' 67(1): 6-36. in the ginger family. Its native range is from Indo-China to Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. .... References External links * {{taxonbar, from=Q96309154, from2=Q15321899 uliginosa Flora of Indo-China Flora of Malesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amomum Smithiae
''Amomum smithiae'' is a monocotyledonous plant species originally described by Yee Kiew KamY.K.Kam, 1982 ''In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 148'' as '' Elettariopsis smithiae'' in the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. ''Amomum smithiae'' is native to Malaysia and Thailand. It is named in honour of Scottish botanist Rosemary Margaret Smith 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 .... References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q89082297, from2=Q15327212 Alpinioideae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epiamomum Epiphyticum
''Epiamomum epiphyticum''Hugo de Boer, Mark Newman, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, A. Jane Droop, Tomáš Fér, Lê Thị Thu Hiền, Kristýna Hlavatá, Vichith Lamxay, James E. Richardson, Karin Steffen & Jana Leong-Škorničková, 2018Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): Recircumscribing ''Amomum'' as a monophyletic genus ''Taxon'' 67(1):6-36, is a monocotyledonous plant species in the family Zingiberaceae. It was previously placed as ''Amomum epiphyticum'', described by Rosemary Margaret Smith 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 .... References R.M.Sm., 1989 ''In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 338'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q15320980 Flora of Borneo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurfbainia Elegans
''Wurfbainia elegans'' is a species of plant belonging to Zingiberaceae, the ginger family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Habitat and ecology The species is abundant in the secondary forest of Camp 7 Experimental Forest Station, Minglanilla, Cebu. The forest, with a relatively dry season from November to April, and wet season the rest of the year, is dominated by the plant species '' Sarcandra glabra'', '' Artocarpus odoratissimus'' and '' Donax canniformis''. History The Singapore-based English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley first described the species under the name ''Amomum elegans'' in 1906. The genus and species were revised in 2018 by the botanists Jana Škorničkova (born 1975) and Axel Dalberg Poulsen (born 1961, Danmark), in the journal ''Taxon In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
