Cardamom Oleoresin

Listing ID #4331977

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ColorClear to Pale Yellow
Family NameZingiberaceae
Consistency:Thin
Strength of AromaStrong
Botanical NameElettaria cardamomum
Supply Type Manufacturer, Exporter, Supplier
Preferred Buyer Location All over the world

Product Details

Cardamom (also spelled Cardamon) is best known as a pungent and aromatic spice used to season dishes in Southeast Asia. This perennial herb belongs to the same plant family as Ginger (Zingiberaceae) and exhibits much of the same warming quality. The plant is native to the forests of Southern India but mostly cultivated in Sri Lanka and Guatemala. The growth habit of Cardamom is rhizomatous in nature. A mature Cardamom plant can have towering-high leafy shoots reaching 1.5 to 6 meters tall. Cardamom essential oil is found in the large parenchyma cells under the epidermis of the seed coat, with content varies from 2 to 10%. The oil is extracted from dried ripe seeds through steam distillation.

Herbal / Folk tradition
Used extensively as a domestic spice, especially in India, Europe, LatinAmerica and Middle Eastern countries. It has been used in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine for over 3000 years, especially for pulmonary disease, fever, digestive and urinary complaints. Hippocrates recommended it for sciatica, coughs, abdominal pain, spasms, nervous disorders, retention of urine and also for bites of venomous creatures. Current in the British herbal Pharmocopoeia as a specific for flatulent dyspepsia.

Aromatherapy / Home use
Digestive system â€“ anorexia, colic, cramp, dyspepsia, flatulence, griping pains, halitosis, heartburn, indigestion, vomiting. Nervous system â€“ mental fatigue, nervous strain.

Other uses
Employed in some carminative, stomachic and laxative preparations; also in the form of compound cardamom spirit to flavor pharmaceuticals. Extensively used as a fragrance component in soaps, cosmetics and perfumes especially oriental types. Important flavor ingredient particularly in curry and spice products.

Distribution
Native to tropical Asia especially southern India; cultivated extensively in India, Sri Lanka, Guatemala and El Salvador. The oil is produced principally in India, Europe, Sri Lanka and Guatemala

Extraction
Essential oil by steam distillation from the dried ripe fruit. An oleo resin is also produced in small quantities.

Characteristics
A colorless to pale yellow liquid with a sweet-spicy, warming fragrance and a woody-balsamic undertone. It blends well with rose,olibanum, orange, bergamot, cinnamon, cloves, caraway, ylang ylang, labdanum, cedarwood, orange blossom, and oriental bases in general.

Actions
Antiseptic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, carminative, cephalic, digestive, diuretic, stimulant, stomachache, tonic (nerve).

Company Details

MANKO NATURAL FLAVOURS & EXTRACTS (P) LTD, is an export oriented unit engaged in manufacturing and exporting of essential oils, oleoresins and natural food colours from a wide variety of spices, herbs and aromatic plants utilizing with modern technology and total quality management controlled by experienced and qualified technologist, scientists and managers with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction in all respects, conforming to ISO,EOA and FCC specifications as well as in accordance with the requirements of individual buyers.
Our Policy
We Manko Natural Flavours and Extracts Pvt Ltd.Ensure the continual improvement through our commitment to meet or exceed customer expectations by providing High Quality, Natural products through implementing stringent Quality Control measures and by using most modern technology and competent manpower.