Amomum

Amomum is a genus of plants containing about 111 species native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It includes several species of cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderZingiberales
FamilyZingiberaceae

Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa

Observations recorded3,121

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Research

476 papers

Amomum villosum Lour.: An insight into ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, and pharmacological overview.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2024
Amomum tsao-ko Crevost & Lemarié: a comprehensive review on traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, and pharmacology.Phytochemistry reviews : proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe · 2022
Health-promoting compounds in Amomum villosum Lour and Amomum tsao-ko: Fruit essential oil exhibiting great potential for human health.Heliyon · 2024
Nephroprotective effects of Amomum kravanh essential oil by inhibition of ferroptosis regulated by Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2025
Chemistry and bioactivity of plants from the genus Amomum.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2021

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Image: Black cardamom flower.jpg

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Commons category: Amomum
taxon name: Amomum
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=537
taxon common name: amom

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Among ancient writers, the name amomum was ascribed to various odoriferous plants that cannot be positively identified today. The word derives from Latin amomum, which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄμωμον (amomon), a kind of an Indian spice plant. Edmund Roberts noted on his 1834 trip to China that amomum was used as a spice to "season sweet dishes" in culinary practice.