Thanks Dinesh ji for this great rare (for us) display. * -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ * On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear friends, > > *Elettaria cardamomum* (syn. *Amomum cardamomum*), a thorough native of > south India ... optimum area for growing green cardamom is 8 - 13 degree N > latitudes and 75 - 78 degree longitudes ... 600 to 1500 mtr above msl ... as > put at the Spices Board India > http://www.indianspices.com/html/s0621cdm.htm > > > Seen at Kodagu Valley Resort growing wild ... 31 MAR 11 > > .... commonly known as: cardamom, green cardamom, Malabar cardamom • > Assamese: এলাচি elasi, ইলাচী ilasi • Bengali: এলা ela, এলাচ elacha • > Gujarati: એલચી elchi, એલચીડોડો elchidodo • Hindi: छोटी इलायची choti elaichi, > हरी इलायची hari elaichi, इलाची ilachi • Kannada: ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ elakki, ಯಾಲಕ್ಕಿ > yaalakki • Kashmiri: ऐल् ail • Konkani: एळु ailu, येळु yelu • Malayalam: > ഏലക്ക elakka, ഏലം elum, ഏലത്തരി eelaththari • Marathi: एलची elachi, एलदोडा > eladoda, इलायची ilayachi • Nepali: अलैँचि alainchi • Oriya: upakuncika • > Punjabi: ਛੋੱਟੀ ਇਲਾਚੀ chhotti ilachi • Sanskrit: एला ela • Tamil: ஏலம் elam, > தாடிமம் tatimam • Telugu: ఏల ela, ఏలకి elaki, కోరంగి korangi • Tibetan: > su-ksme, sug smel • Urdu: الاچي ilachi > > Best reading about (any) spices: Gernot Katzer Spice Pages ... for cardamom > - http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Elet_car.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > >
