Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Amomum subulatum
Scientific Name and Description
Amomum subulatum ROXB.
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cardamomum subulatum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | black cardamom, hill cardamom, Bengal cardamom, greater cardamom, Indian cardamom, Nepal cardamom, winged cardamom, big cardamon, or brown cardamom |
| Hindi | baḍī ilāicī lit. (बड़ी इलाइची), bari ilachi, bari ilayaci, bari-elachi |
| Kannada | dodda aelakki, dodda yaalakki, dodda yelakki, dodda-yalakki, doddayalakki, doddayelaki |
| Malayalam | candrabala, chandrabala, perelam, peri-elav, periya-elattari |
| Marathi | moteveldode, moto-eldori, thorveldoda |
| Sanskrit | aindri, bahula, bala, balavati, bhadra, bhadraila, brhadaela, brhadela, brihadaela, brihat-upa-kunchika, brihat-upakun-chika, divyagandha, ela, garbhasambhava, ghritachi, ghrtachi, goputa, harenuka, indrani, kanta, kanyakumari, kayastha, ksudraila, mahila, maleya, nishkuti, prithvi, sambhava, sthulaela, sthulaila, surabhitvaka, tadaphala, tridivodbhava, triputa |
| Tamil | arivalukam1, arugasani, arukacani, arukecani, cantirikai2, cukanticaparanam, curppitakam, ela, elavalukai#, elavalukai@, elavalukam1, iravati, iravatikacceti, iravatikam, kattelam, kattu elam, kattu-yelak-kay, kumari, kuntikacceti, kuntikam, maccakuttam, malaiyelam, malukam 1, mayileyam, perelam, periya elam, periyaelakkay, periyaelam, periyayelakay, periyayelam, sandirigai, tivviyakantam, verppelakacceti, verppelakam |
| Telugu | adavi-ellakkay, pedda-elakkay, peddayelaki, thengu yalakkulu |
| Tibetan | pa tra e la |
| Urdu | bari elaichi, elaichi badi, heel kalan, ilacihi kalan, ilaichi kalan, ilaichi kalan kofta, ilaichi kalan nim kofta, ilayachikallan, poast ilaichi sokhta-kalan |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Chinese
Sowa Rigpa
Phytochemicals
Herb usable parts
Rhizome
Fruits
Seeds
Pod
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
ZINGEBERACEAE IN INDIA:PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND ENDEMISM Author - S.K. JAIN AND VED PRAKASH
Flowers of the Himalaya Author - Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton
MEDICO-ETHNO-BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN SIKKIM HIMALAYAS Author - DR. V.N. PANDEY
Flowers of the Himalaya a supplement Author - Adam Stainton
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Wikipedia. 2024. "Black Cardamom." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified March 27, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_cardamom.