Known as the "Queen of Spices," cardamom is a perennial herb with a pseudostem and thick, irregularly shaped rhizomes. Cardamom grows wild in the Western Ghats of South India. Dried fruits or cardamom capsules are sold as a spice. In the spice trade, there are several commercial varieties of cardamom, with whole cardamom as the primary product, ground form as a secondary processing product, and oil and oleoresin extract as value-added products. Cardamom is mainly used as a flavoring agent in the food industry. Cardamom oil is used to flavor drinks and beverages such as coffee and tea.
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