Elettaria cardamomum – often called green or true cardamom and Amomum subulatum, known as black cardamom. Both are closely related to the ginger family, turmeric and galangal and while they ...

Cardamom comes in two main varieties: Elettaria (green cardamom) and Amomum (black cardamom). Green cardamom, which grows in South India, Sri Lanka, and Guatemala, is smaller but intensely fragrant.