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*Round Siam cardamom, comphor seed (En) | *Round Siam cardamom, comphor seed (En) | ||
*Cambodia: kreko krervanh, karvanh ក្រវាញ, krewanh | *Cambodia: kreko krervanh, karvanh ក្រវាញ, krewanh | ||
| + | *Chinese: 白豆蔻 [báidòukòu] (white cardamom) | ||
*Thailand: krawaan khaao (central) | *Thailand: krawaan khaao (central) | ||
*Vietnam: bạch dậu khấu, sa nhân nam vang. | *Vietnam: bạch dậu khấu, sa nhân nam vang. | ||
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Introduction |
Amomum krervanh Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Protologue: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 53: 138 (1906).
Vernacular names
- Round Siam cardamom, comphor seed (En)
- Cambodia: kreko krervanh, karvanh ក្រវាញ, krewanh
- Chinese: 白豆蔻 [báidòukòu] (white cardamom)
- Thailand: krawaan khaao (central)
- Vietnam: bạch dậu khấu, sa nhân nam vang.
Distribution
Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, southern China and Thailand; also cultivated there.
Uses
Fruits are used to treat indigestion, liver and uterus diseases, rheumatism, diarrhoea and asthenic after dysentery, and as febrifuge, antiemetic and antitoxic of alcohol. In Indo-China, they are traded as a condiment and spice. In Cambodia, the "heart" is used as a vegetable.
Observations
- A large herb up to 300 cm tall, with superficial rhizome.
- Leaves lanceolate, up to 60 cm × 12 cm; inflorescence cylindrical to conical, up to 11 cm long, bracts about 4 cm long, bracteoles tubular at the base.
- Flowers with corolla tube about as long as calyx, labellum elliptical, rounded at apex, white with a yellow patch in the centre and yellow at margins, anther with a 3-lobed appendage.
- Fruit about 1.5 cm in diameter, slightly ribbed.
A. krervanh occurs in Cambodia and Vietnam in mountainous regions, and could well be cultivated in mountainous areas in Malesia. It is possibly conspecific with A. testaceum Ridley from Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Selected sources
- Gagnepain, F. 1908. Zingibéracées [Zingiberaceae]. In: Gagnepain, F. (Editor): Flore générale de l'Indo Chine [General flora of Indo China]. Vol. 6. Masson & Cie, Paris, France. pp. 25-121.
- Kamchonwongpaisan, S., Nilanonta, C., Tarnchompoo, B., Thebtaranonth, C., Thebtaranonth, Y., Yuthavong, Y., Kongsaeree, P. & Clardy, J., 1995. An antimalarial peroxide from Amomum krervanh Pierre. Tetrahedron Letters 36(11): 1821-1824.
- Nguyen Van Duong, 1993. Medicinal plants of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Mekong Printing, Santa Ana, California, United States. 528 pp.
- Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.
- Ridley, H.N., 1922-1925. The flora of the Malay Peninsula. 5 volumes. Government of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. L. Reeve & Co, London, United Kingdom.
Main genus page
- Amomum (Medicinal plants)
Authors
- Nguyen Quoc Binh
