Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton.
| Synonym : | Alpinia cardamomum (L.)Roxb. Amomum cardamomum L. Cardamomum malabaricum Pritz. Zingiber minus Ga |
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| Bangla Name : | Soto elachi. |
| English Name : | Cardamon |
| Family : | Zingiberaceae |
| Disease : | Anal fissure, anorexia, asthma, constipation, diarrhoea, duodenal ulcer, dysmenorrhoea, fever, flatu |
| Description : | Rhizome branched, thick. Leafy shoots to 2 m high, tufted. Leaves bifarious, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at either ends. Flowers in prostrate or erect, panicles from the rhizome; bracts scarius, carrying 2-7 flowers; calyx tubular; corolla white, tube equal to the calyx, lobes unequal, oblong.stamen 1, filaments short;; staminodes short; ovary 3-celled, ovules many, style filiform, stigma funnel shaped. Capsule is ellipsoid, striate; seeds many, angular, fragrant. |
| Distribution : | - |
| Chemical Constituents : | A volatile oil 2 to 8 % from seeds and a fixed oil; limonene, borneol, L-terpineol, potassium salts, starch, nitrogenous mucilage. a-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, limonene, cineol, cymane, Me heptenine, linalool, linalys acetate etc. from essential oil. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Anal fissure, anorexia, asthma, constipation, diarrhoea, duodenal ulcer, dysmenorrhoea, fever, flatulence, gastric tumor, gout, heat stroke, hepatomegaly, hiccup, worm, hyper acidity, malaria, impotence, jaundice, indigestion, lumbag |
| Habit : | - |