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'''Elettaria cardamomum''', commonly known as '''green or true cardamom''', is a herbaceous perennial plant in the ginger family, native to southern India. It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice called cardamom. It is cultivated widely in tropical regions and reportedly naturalized in Réunion, Indochina and Costa Rica.

#Cardamom is used internally for indigestion, nausea, vomiting and pulmonary disease with copious phlegm.<ref name="uses"/>

#Cardamom species, in a different genus Amomum, are used to make traditional Indian medicines.

#Among the other species and varieties of cardamom, Amomum villosum is used in making some traditional Chinese medicine, which can treat stomachaches, constipation, dysentery, and other digestion problems.

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