What is cardamom?

Cardamom is a perennial herb of Alpinia of Zingiberaceae.

The plant height of cardamom is about 3 meters, its leaves are linear and needle-shaped, and it blooms from April to June every year. Moreover, the flowers of cardamom are white, with colored stripes on the petals. Its fruit period is May-August every year, and the fruit of cardamom is golden when it matures.

Cardamom habit

Cardamom is spherical and about 3 cm in diameter. When it is ripe, it is golden yellow. Generally, it blooms in April-June and bears fruit in May-August. I like warm and humid climate, which is mostly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Hainan in China. The wild one is in the humid place of Ashangou, which has certain medicinal value, and now many people cultivate it artificially.