Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elettaria ensal (Gaertn.) Abeyw. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ceylon cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ceylon-kardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
greater oblong cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
long cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mayalattampogaiyilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elettaria cardamomum var. major Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 318 (1861).
Elettaria major Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(2): [s.p.] (1819), nom. superfl.
Elettaria cardamomum zeylanicum J.Pereira Elem. Mater. Med. 2: 696 (1840).
Zingiber ensal Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 35 (1788).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton var. major Thw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton var. major Thwaites	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Elettaria cardamomum Maton var. major Twaites	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elettaria cardamomum Maton var. ß-major Smith	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elettaria ensal (Gaertn.) Abeyw.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Elettaria major	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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