Elettaria cardamomum (fruit)

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             | description=Cardamom (fruit) (''Elettaria cardamomum'')
 
             | description=Cardamom (fruit) (''Elettaria cardamomum'')
 
             | flavor=Aromatic, pungent.
 
             | flavor=Aromatic, pungent.
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             | Aroma=Aromatic when crushed.
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             | aroma=Aromatic when crushed.
 
             | characteristics=Fruit a capsule, light to medium green, elliptical, triangular, striated. Seeds oblong-ovoid, irregularly angular, rugose, brown to dark brown adhering to a colorless membranous aril.            | }}
 
             | characteristics=Fruit a capsule, light to medium green, elliptical, triangular, striated. Seeds oblong-ovoid, irregularly angular, rugose, brown to dark brown adhering to a colorless membranous aril.            | }}
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{{Microscopy | source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
 
{{Microscopy | source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed.
 
             | description=Cardamom (fruit) (''Elettaria cardamomum'') W. et. M., Scitaminaceae.
 
             | description=Cardamom (fruit) (''Elettaria cardamomum'') W. et. M., Scitaminaceae.

Revision as of 15:39, 27 February 2012

Cardamom (fruit) (Elettaria cardamomum)Fruit a capsule, light to medium green, elliptical, triangular, striated. Seeds oblong-ovoid, irregularly angular, rugose, brown to dark brown adhering to a colorless membranous aril. 

Scent Aromatic when crushed. 

Flavor Aromatic, pungent.

Source: Steven Yeager, Mountain Rose Herbs [1]
Cardamom (fruit) (Elettaria cardamomum) W. et. M., Scitaminaceae.Epidermal cells of pericarp of polygonal cells; parenchyma cells of pericarp thin walled containing prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate; endosperm cells containing oil, minute starch granules and proteid granules.

Ceylon cardamom is distinguished from the Malabar cardamom by the presence in the former of thick walled, conical, simple trichromes.

Source: Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. [2]


Cardamom seed coat, 200x in glycerin:dionized waterEpidermal cells of pericarp, thin-walled; prismatic crystals of calcium oxalate.

Source: Amy Brush, Traditional Medicinals [3]
Cardamom seed coat, 200X.jpg



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