The name Cardamom is used for species within three genera of the ginger family Zingiberaceae, namely Elettaria, Amomum and Aframomum. The three main genera of the ginger family that are named as forms of cardamom are distributed as follows:

•	Elettaria (commonly called cardamom, green cardamom or true cardamom) is distributed from India to Malaysia
•	Amomum (commonly known as black cardamom, Kravan, Java cardamom, Bengal cardamom, Siamese cardamom, white or red cardamom) is distributed mainly in Asia and Australia
•	Aframomum (Madagascar cardamom, grains of paradise) is distributed in mainland Africa and Madagascar

Moisture	-	12% max.
Volatile Oil Content	-	1.0% min.
Ash	-	9.0% max.
Acid Insoluble Ash	-	2.5% max.

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