Elaichi, Color : Green/white

Cardamom is native to India and Sri Lanka where it occurs in the wild. It has been introduced all over all over tropical Asia where it is cultivated.
The plant grows in a thick clump of up to 20 leafy shoots. It can reach a height of between 2 to almost 6 m.
Leaves - dark green, long and sword-shaped. The underside is paler and may have a covering of tiny hairs.
Flowers - on a long flowering stalk which can grow to more than 1 m long. They are both male and female and are pale green. One of the petals is white and streaked with violet.
Fruits - pale green to yellow and elongated oval-shape. Each fruit has 3 chambers filled with small aromatic seeds, each about 3 to 8mm long. The fruits and seeds dry to a straw-brown colour and are widely used as flavouring.