Mysore cardamom seeds, malabar cardamom, ebil, kakelah seghar, capalaga, gujalatti elachi, ilachi, Amomomum cardamomum, Cardamomum minus, Cardamomi Semina, ailum, A. repens, Alpina cardamom, matonia Cardamomum
native to southern India and cultivated in Sri Lanka
the dried ripe seed
The seeds have a warming, aromatic effect, which is useful in indigestion, and flatulence. If chewed they are said to good or colic and headaches. Cardamom is used cheifly as a flavouring of curry powder mixtures.
powedered seeds, tincture and as a fluid extract