Hand-colored print of Cardamomum minus. Plate 585 from Herbarium Blackwellianum

by Elizabeth Blackwell

$185 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

With plant and native man standing next to it. 1 vols. c. 14 x 9 inches. Fine. Great Flower Books p.75; Women of Flowers, p. 73. Item #365367 Elettaria cardamomum, commonly known as green or true cardamom, is a herbaceous, perennial plant in the ginger family, native to southern India. It is the most common of the species whose seeds are used as a spice called cardamom. It is cultivated widely in tropical regions and reportedly naturalized in

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