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I would like to share Some details regarding The Queen of Spices Cardamom(cardamum) we use Spices on for Good smell, flavor, ETC. Here I describe some more details regarding Cardamom and few benefits of using cardamom.

Cardomom Flower

Green Cardomom

The Topic

I would like to discuss few things regarding Green Cardamom. in this Content, I will share some details about Green Cardamom and cardamom farming village Udumbanchola-Idukki Kerala

Cardomom Plantation

Cardomom

Small cardamom (Green Cardomom) is light green and smaller, cardamom is used as flavorings and cooking spices in both food and drink, and in ayurvedic medicine (@naturalmedicine) ETC. Green cardamom is one of the most expensive spices by weight. The biggest producer and exporter of cardamom in the world Is India

Cardomom Plant with flower and Crop

Physical Description

Leafy shoots of the cardamom plant arise 1.5 to 6 meters (5 to 20 feet) from the branching rootstock. Flowering shoots, approximately 1 meter (3 feet) long, maybe upright or sprawling; each bears numerous flowers about 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter with greenish petals and a purple-veined white lip. The whole fruit, 0.8 to 1.5 cm, is a green three-sided oval capsule containing 15 to 20 dark, reddish-brown to brownish-black, hard, angular seeds.

Cardomom Plants

Cultivation and Processing

Cardamom also prefers temperatures between 18 °C and 30 °C for better Production. Cardamom plants will die if they're in direct sunlight, so choose a planting area that has partial shade. Cardamom fruits collected from plants, native to the moist forests of southern India, but most cardamom is cultivated in India, Sri Lanka, and Guatemala. The fruits are picked or clipped from the stems just before maturity, cleansed, and dried in a heated curing chamber. After curing and drying, the small stems of the capsules are removed by winnowing. Decorticated cardamom consists of husked dried seeds.

Dehydrated Cardamom Packed in Bags

Cardomom village

Udumbanchola is a taluk in the Idukki district of Kerala state in India. This is in the high-ranges (Elevation: 1063m / 3488feet), Majority of People are farmers and mainly green cardamom and black pepper. Temperatures are between 18 °C and 35 °C. Indian cardamom Research Institute is situated in Mailadumpara Udumbanchola taluk. 49,110 Hectares of cardamom plantations are situated in Udumbanchola. Average 10,000 MT Green cardamom Production every year.

Cardomom plucked from the plant

Conclusion

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