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Amomum is a genus of plant native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland.[1][2] It includes several species of cardamom, especially black cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.[3][4]
Among ancient writers, the name amomum was ascribed to various odoriferous plants that cannot be positively identified today. The word derives from Latin amomum,[5] which is the latinisation of the Greek ἄμωμον (amomon), a kind of an Indian spice plant.[6] Edmund Roberts noted on his 1834 trip to China that amomum was utilized as a spice to "season sweet dishes," in culinary practice.[7]
Selected species
See List of Amomum species for a complete list.
- Amomum aculeatum
- Amomum aromaticum
- Amomum austrosinense
- Amomum costatum (black cardamom)
- Amomum dallachyi
- Amomum dealbatum
- Amomum foetens
- Amomum gracile
- Amomum longiligulare
- Amomum longipes
- Amomum ovoideum
- Amomum magnificum
- Amomum odontocarpum
- Amomum sahyadricum
- Amomum subulatum (black cardamom)
- Amomum testaceum
- Amomum truncatum
- Amomum tsaoko
- Amomum villosum
- Amomum xanthioides (black cardamom seed)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Flora of China v 24 p 347, 豆蔻属 dou kou shu, Amomum Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 75. 1820.
- ↑ Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
- ↑ Lamxay, V. & Newman, M.F. (2012). A revision of Amomum (Zingiberaceae) in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 69: 99-206.
- ↑ amomum, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, on Perseus Digital Library
- ↑ ἄμωμον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
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