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Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
Cardamom · Cardamome · Cardamomo · Cardamon · Green Cardamom · Harilik kardemon · Hiliki · Kakule · Kapulaga · Kardamomi mag · Kardamomo · Kardamon · Kardamon malabarski · Kardemom · Kardemomme · Tiểu đậu khấu · cana-do-brejo · cardamom
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Turkey, India(Santal), Egypt, India, Cambodia
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ague, Antidote, Apertif, Balsamic
Science studied: ASH, BORON, CAMPESTEROL, CARBOHYDRATES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Zingiberaceae
Scientific name: Elettaria cardamomum
Common names: Cardamom, Cardamome, Cardamomo, Cardamon, Green Cardamom, Harilik kardemon, Hiliki, Kakule, Kapulaga, Kardamomi mag, Kardamomo, Kardamon, Kardamon malabarski, Kardemom, Kardemomme, Tiểu đậu khấu, cana-do-brejo, cardamom
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Turkey, Elsewhere, India(Santal), Egypt, India, Cambodia.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ague
- Antidote
- Apertif
- Balsamic
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
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- Cough
- Debility
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Flux
- Gastralgia
- Halitosis
- Hyperacidity
- Intoxication
- Liqueur
- Lung
- Malaria
- Nausea
- Opacity
- Phthisis
- Pyrosis
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Tumor(Uterus)
- Urogenital
- Catarrh
- Diuretic
- Alcoholism
- Asthma
- Enuresis
- Spermatorrhea
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- India(Santal)
- Egypt
- India
- Cambodia
Documented cultural uses
- Ague
- Antidote
- Apertif
- Balsamic
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Tuberculosis
- Cough
- Debility
- Dysmenorrhea
- Dyspepsia
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- Flux
- Gastralgia
- Halitosis
- Hyperacidity
- Intoxication
- Liqueur
- Lung
- Malaria
- Nausea
- Opacity
- Phthisis
- Pyrosis
- Spasm
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Tumor(Uterus)
- Urogenital
- Catarrh
- Diuretic
- Alcoholism
- Asthma
- Enuresis
- Spermatorrhea
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASH
- BORON
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHOLESTEROL
- 1,4-CINEOLE
- CITRONELLOL
- DESMOSTEROL
- FIBER
- GERANIOL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- N-HENTRIACONTENE
- N-HEPTACOSANE
- LINALOOL
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- METHYL-HEPTENONE
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- MYRCENE
- NEROL
- NIACIN
- N-NONACOSANE
- N-PENTACOSENE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- ALPHA-PINENE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOL
- POTASSIUM
- SABINENE
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- SUGAR
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- D-ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- N-TRICOSENE
- ALPHA-YLANGENE
- ZINC
- CHROMIUM
- PROTEIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- CITRONELLAL
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- N-HENTRIACTANE
- IRON
- CIS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL
- OLEIC-ACID
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- BETA-PINENE
- TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE
- STEARIC-ACID
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- D-PHI-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- N-TRITRIACONTENE
- EUGENYL-ACETATE
- FAT
- NEROLIDOL
- COPPER
- CALCIUM
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- LIMONENE
- 7-ERGOSTEROL
- BETA-SITOSTENONE
- BISABOLENE
- CARDIOLIPIN
- COBALT
- DELTA-5,7,22-CHOLESTATRIENOL
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE
- MANGANESE
- N-HEPTACOSENE
- N-NONACOSENE
- N-PENTACOSANE
- N-TRICOSANE
- N-TRITRIACONTANE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- RIBOFLAVIN
- STIGMASTEROL
- THIAMIN
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- ACETIC-ACID
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CITRONELLIC-ACID
- DECANOIC-ACID
- DODECANOIC-ACID
- GERANIC-ACID
- HEPTANOIC-ACID
- HEXANOIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- MUFA
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NERYLIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PERILLIC-ACID
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PUFA
- SALICYLATES
- SFA
- EO
- P-CYMENE
- 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAPRIC-ACID
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- CHOLINE
- CYANIDIN
- DELTA-LIMONENE
- GERANIOL-ACETATE
- HUMULENE
- HUMULENE-OXIDE
- LAURIC-ACID
- LINALOOL-ACETATE
- MENTHONE
- N-HEPTANE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-MENTH-CIS-2-EN-1-OL
- P-MENTH-TRANS-2-EN-1-OL
- P-MENTHENE
- (+)-LIMONENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- NERYL-ACETATE
- 3-(BUT-CIS-1-ENYL)-PYRIDINE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- BETA-TERPINEOL
- DELTA-TERPINEOL
- MYRTENAL
- OCTAN-1-OL
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- SINAPIC-ACID
- TERPENYL-ACETATE
- TERPINEOL-ACETATE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- (+)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- 2-UNDECANE
- 3-TRIDECANE
- ASCARIDOLE
- HEPTANONE
- METHYL-HEPTANONE
- TERPINEOL-FORMIATE
- TRANS-P-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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