This should be *Alpinia calcarata*. Elettaria has lateral inflorescences that arise from near the ground, not on leafy shoot. Large cardamom is Amomum subulatum, not Elettaria.
Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:20 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Elettaria cardamomum commonly known as big Cardamom > Tanay > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Seems like Elettaria cardamomum to me. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:35 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Dear friends, >> > please help to id this Plant. >> > Regards, >> > Mani. >> > >> > Date/Time >> > >> > 5.12.2010 10 a.m. >> > >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GP >> > >> > Ovalekar Wadi Butterfly Garden, Thane. >> > >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- >> > >> > Cultivated >> > >> > Plant Habit- >> > >> > shrub >> > >> > Height/Length- >> > >> > 1 meter >> > >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- >> > >> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- >> > >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- >> > >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- >> > >> > not seen >> > >> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] > >
