Scientific Name: Elettaria cardamomum
Aromatic green pods used in spice blends.
Carminative; Digestive
Neutral
Culinary; Tea
Culinary use or mild tea
Gallstone caution (spice in quantity)
Ginger; Fennel
VASCAN; Native American Ethnobotany
Erect, rhizomatous perennial with fernlike, bipinnate leaves and flat-topped clusters of small white to pink
