Black cardamom

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Black cardamom
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Black cardamom fruit as used as spice
Scientific classification
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A. subulatum, A. costatum
Binomial name
Amomum subulatum
Amomum costatum[citation needed]
Benth. & Hook.f.

Black cardamom bears aromatic seed pods that are used as a spice. It is not the same plant as green cardamom, nor even the same genus, but both are in the ginger family Zingiberaceae.

Acknowledgements

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