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Title Cardamom : the genus Elettaria / edited by P.N. Ravindran and K.J. Madhusoodanan
Published London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 375 pages) : illustrations
Series Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 30
Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ; v. 30.
Summary Cardamom otherwise known as Malabar cardamom, true cardamom or small cardamom second only to pepper in its importance during the Renaissance period, is often qualified as the Queen of Spices because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. The Western Ghat forest of the Malabar coast, India, is the center of origin and diversity for cardamom and it might have been nature's design that the King and Queen of spices (black pepper and cardamom) originated in the same forest. This volume contains sixteen chapters, fourteen on cardamom and one each on large cardamom and false cardamoms. All aspects of the cardamom crop have been covered in this volume, and each chapter is written by experts in their respective fields. This volume is visualized as both a textbook and reference work for scientists and students of horticulture, plantation crops, botany and related fields, and will go on to serve as the main reference volume on cardamom for many years to come
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cardamoms.
Cardamoms -- Therapeutic use
Cardamoms -- Utilization
Crop zones.
Medicine, Botanic.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Botany, Medical.
Medicinal plants.
Elettaria
Crops, Agricultural
Phytotherapy
Plant Extracts -- therapeutic use
Plants, Medicinal
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
Medicine, Botanic
Medicinal plants
Materia medica, Vegetable
Crop zones
Botany, Medical
Cardamoms
SUBJECT India
Form Electronic book
Author Ravindran, P. N
Madhusoodanan, K. J
ISBN 0203216636
9780203216637
9780415284936
0415284937
1280156309
9781280156304