Bengal cardamom: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Bengal cardamom in English is the name of a plant defined with Amomum aromaticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Renealmia fasciculata Roscoe (among others).
2) Bengal cardamom is also identified with Amomum subulatum It has the synonym Cardamomum subulatum (Roxb.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Index Kew. (1893)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1820)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1828)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Prod. Monog. Scitam. (1862)
· Gen. Pl. (1883)
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