Green Cardamom

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Cardamom (or cardamon) refers to several plants of the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to India and Bhutan; they are recognised by their small seed pod, triangular in cross-section and spindle-shaped, with a thin papery outer shell and small black seeds. Elettaria pods are light green while Amomum pods are larger and dark brown. The word cardamom is derived from the Latin cardamomum, the latinisation of the Greek καρδάμωμον (kardamomon), in turn from κάρδαμον (kardamon), “cress” + ἄμωμον (amomon), a kind of an Indian spice plant. The earliest attested form of the word kardamon is the Mycenaean Greek ka-da-mi-ja, written in Linear B syllabic script. Elettaria (commonly called cardamom, green cardamom, or true cardamom) is distributed from India to Malaysia.

There were initially three natural varieties of green cardamom plants.

Malabar (Nadan/Native) – As the name suggests, this is the native variety of Kerala. These plants have panicles which grow horizontally along the ground.
Mysore – As the name suggests, this is a native variety of Karnataka. These plants have panicles which grow vertically upwards.
Vazhuka – This is a naturally occurring hybrid between Malabar and Mysore varieties, and the panicles grow neither vertically nor horizontally, but in between.

Recently, a few planters isolated high yielding plants and started multiplying them on a large scale. The most popular high yielding variety is “Njallani.” Njallani, also known as “rup-ree-t”, is a unique high-yielding cardamom variety developed by an Indian farmer. The variety has high adaptability to different shade conditions and can also be grown in waterlogged areas.

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Ours is an Association representing premier exporters of Spices and Foodstuffs & Agriculture Produce, dedicated for looking into issues that concern the trade. It was founded in Mumbai in the year 1991 and is known as “INDIAN SPICE & FOODSTUFF EXPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION”.
Today, our Association has a strong and well-knit strength of over 150 distinguished and premier Exporters, spread all over India. 60% of the members have their base in Western Region alone, whose contribution to the total spices Exports turnover from India is a whopping 60% (say Rs.3300 crores approx.).
Our Association is a recognized body of the Spices Board and a registered entity under the Companies Act 1956. It is also one of the members of International Organization of Spice Trade Associations (IOSTA), with its headquarters at Cochin. Our Association is also a member of IGPA(U.K), ASTA(USA), Federation of Indian Exports Organizations (FIEO), Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) and Indian Merchant’s Chamber, Mumbai.
Our Association believes in contacts and deliberations and able representations, as effective tools to arrive at a fair settlement on all vexed issues between Exporters and the other authorities.
Our Association has time and again represented the cause of Exporters at Local, Institutional and Government levels gracefully and successfully. Such actions have resulted in a Win-Win situation for both parties sitting across the table -for a smoother and larger export volume.
Our Association has a 15 member well-knit co-hesive Board of Directors of Professional Exporter members known as Board of Directors. The organizational elections are held once in a year and democratic norms are well in place.