Cardamom seeds - Specimen details

Cardamom seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 37211

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Plant Name 170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Amomum sp Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Cardamom seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country China TDWG Region China
Parts Held Cardamom seeds Geography Description China, Asia Temperate
Uses Cardamom seedsUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 24 C 4
Donor Date Donor Notes Pereira Dr collectionx0Dx0AHanbury collectionx0Dx0A
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Duplicate of the Hanbury collection with a few of Cardamomum noir de Gaertn from Dr Pereira's collection 4 vials - 1 Amomum.......? 2. Semina cajaputi - Amom. macrospermum Smith 3. Probably the seeds of Amomum clusii Smith 4. Amomum.....? T, he same as the wrinkled grey seeds ? Also a jar of seeds 'The dull grey wrinkled seeds have a bergamot taste. The pod was found loose & ...?... whereas the seeds are somewhat simialr but more green than the polished grey ones & less tasty. Amomum clusii i, s a synonym of Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum.
Determinations:170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum.
    170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Amomum macrospermum Smith
    170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Amomum sp

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