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* '''''[[Elettaria]]''''' (commonly called cardamom, green cardamom, or true cardamom) is distributed from India to Malaysia.
* '''''[[Amomum]]''''' (commonly known as [[black cardamom]](沙仁), brown cardamom, Kravan, Java cardamom, Bengal cardamom, Siamese cardamom, white or red cardamom) is distributed mainly in [[Asia]] and [[Australia]].
The [[Sanskrit]] name for cardamom is "elā" or "truṭī." In Urdu/Hindi/Gujarati and some Southern Indian languages, it is called "elaichi" or "elchi." In [[Malayalam]], language of [[Kerala]], it is "Aelam", in [Telugu] it is "elakkai", in [[Kannada]] it is "elakkiyelakki"
 
== Varieties ==