Amomum compactum

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Amomum compactum

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wild or cultivated


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Alpinia striata Hort. AMOMUM. CARDAMOM. East Indies. This is probably the amomon of Dioscorides. It is found in Sumatra, Java and other East Indian islands as far as Burma and produces the round cardamoms of commerce.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.


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