Elettaria cardamomum, Ealam, Cardamom, ഏലം

Family: Zingiberaceae
Vernacular names: Ealam, ഏലം (Malayalam), Cardamom (English), Elaci (Hindi), Aelakkaai (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia and China
Description: Rhizomatous herbs. Leaves bifarious, elliptic-lanceolate. Flowers white with purple colour in the center of lip, in prostrate or erect panicles from the rhizome. Capsule ellipsoid, striate; seeds many, angular, fragrant.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: September-February

Parts used: Seeds and oil
Properties & Uses: Seeds are carminative, acrid, sweet, cooling, stimulant, digestive, stomachic, diuretic, cardiotonic, expectorant and tonic. Seeds are used for the treatment of asthma, bronchitis, haemorrhoids, halitosis, cardiac disorders, gastropathy, burning sensation, debility and vitiated conditions of vata.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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