Amomum villosum

Amomum villosum

Order	Zingiberales
Family	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Amomum

2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Description

• 1, plant base with infructescence; 2, part of leafy stem; 3, flower (PROSEA, Achmad Satiri Nurhaman)
  1, plant base with infructescence; 2, part of leafy stem; 3, flower (PROSEA, Achmad Satiri Nurhaman)

Uses

Amomum villosum Lour. East Indies and China. This plant is supposed to yield the hairy, round, China cardamoms.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

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