Cardamom Oleoresin

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.