Taxon:  Wurfbainia aromatica (Roxb.) Škorničk. & A. D. Poulsen



Summary
Genus:
Wurfbainia
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Subfamily:
Alpinioideae
Tribe:
Alpinieae
Nomen number:
480412
Place of publication:
Taxon 67:28.  2018
Verified:
03/21/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Amomum aromaticum Roxb.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Boer, H. de et al. 2018. Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): recircumscribing Amomum as a monophyletic genus. Taxon 67:28.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBengal cardamom as Amomum aromaticum1Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). Note: as Amomum aromaticum
EnglishJalpaiguri cardamom as Amomum aromaticum1Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Note: as Amomum aromaticum
EnglishNepal cardamom as Amomum aromaticum1Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:245. Note: as Amomum aromaticum
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:245.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.e.Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Kool, A. et al. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR (on-line resource).
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:245.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.e.Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:245.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:245.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (n.e.), Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India (n.e.), Nepal

Reference(s)
  1. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  2. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:245.
  3. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  4. Kool, A. et al. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Lao PDR (on-line resource).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoringas Amomum aromaticumCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). Note: as Amomum aromaticum
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum aromaticumGrierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Note: as Amomum aromaticum
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum aromaticumCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). Note: as Amomum aromaticum
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum aromaticumDuke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: as Amomum aromaticum
Medicinesfolkloreas Amomum aromaticumMcGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Amomum aromaticum
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=480412. Accessed 25 October 2026.