Amomum aromaticum - Agnigarba

Amomum aromaticum is a herbaceous plant that can grow up to 1 metre tall. The seed is sometimes gathered from the wild for medicinal purposes and as a food flavouring. The plant is occasionally cultivated.

Uses

Flatulence, Colic, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Coughs.

Parts Used

Seeds.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Alternate	Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 0.5-1 ft. by 2-4 in., and glabrous on both sides.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Spikes			Spike small, globose ; peduncle generally short, rarely longer and decumbent ; outer bracts 1 in., ovate, pale brown. Corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments obtuse nearly as long as the tube, white, tinged with brown. Lip pale yellow, twice as long as the corolla-segments, outer half deflexed. Anther-crest large, petaloid, lobes rounded.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Capsule			1 in., oblong, trigonous.

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

Wet places in forest highlands.

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