Zingiberaceae
Cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Elettaria
Pets and kids
- CatsNot sure
- DogsNot sure
- KidsNot sure
Why
Cats: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Dogs: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.
Kids: Not sure
We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.
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Common names
By language (87)
- Arabic
- هال, الحبهال, الهيل, حب الهال, حبهان, حماما, شوشمير, هيل
- arc
- ܫܘܫܡܢܝܬܐ
- Armenian
- Հիլ
- arz
- حبهان
- Assamese
- ইলাচী
- Bangla
- ছোট এলাচ, এলাচি
- Basque
- Kardamomo
- Belarusian
- Кардамон, Кардамон праўдзівы
- bo
- སུག་སྨེལ།
- Bosnian
- Kardamom
- Bulgarian
- Кардамон, Cardamomum, Кардамом
- Burmese
- ဖာလာဝတီငယ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 白豆蔻
- Catalan
- Cardamom
- Chinese
- 小豆蔻, 绿豆蔻, 砂仁
- Croatian
- Kardamom
- Czech
- Kardamovník obecný, Kardamom, Kardamon
- Danish
- Kardemomme
- Divehi
- ކާފޫރު ތޮޅި
- dsb
- Kardamom
- Dutch
- Kardemom, Cardamon, Cardemon, Kardemon
- English
- Cardamom
- Esperanto
- Kardamomo
- Estonian
- Kardemon
- Finnish
- Kardemumma, Kaardemumma
- French
- Cardamome aromatique, Cardamome verte, Cardamone
- frr
- Green Kardamom
- Galician
- Cardamomo
- Georgian
- Ილი
- German
- Grüner Kardamom, Kardamom
- grc
- Καρδάμωμον
- Greek
- Κάρδαμο, Κάρδαμον, Κακουλέ, Λεπίδιον
- Gujarati
- ઇલાયચી
- Hebrew
- הל, קרדמון
- Hindi
- इलायची, छोटी इलायची
- hsb
- Wšědny kardamom
- Hungarian
- Kardamom
- hyw
- Հել
- Icelandic
- Kardimomma
- Indonesian
- Kapulaga seberang, Cardamom
- io
- Kardamomo
- Irish
- Cardamam
- Italian
- Cardamomo, Cardamomo silvestre
- Japanese
- ショウズク, カルダモン, 小荳蒄, 小豆蒄
- Javanese
- Kapulaga
- Kannada
- ಏಲಕ್ಕಿ, ಎಲಕ್ಕಿ
- Korean
- 소두구, 백두구
- Kurdish
- Hêl, Kajîle
- Latvian
- Kardamons, Kardamomi, Kardamoms, Kardamoni
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis kardamonas, Kardamonas
- Luxembourgish
- Kardamom
- Malay
- Buah pelaga
- Malayalam
- ഏലം, Cardamom, ഏലക്ക
- Marathi
- वेलदोडे, विलायची, वेलची
- nds
- Kardamom
- Nepali
- सुकुमेल
- new
- एला
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kardemomme, Grønn kardemomme
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kardemomme
- Occitan
- Cardamom
- Odia
- ଅଳେଇଚ, Cardamom, ଗୁଜୁରାତି
- os
- Æцæг кардамон
- Pashto
- لاچی
- pcd
- Agamémon
- Persian
- هل سبز, هل
- Polish
- Kardamon malabarski, Kardamon zielony
- Portuguese
- Cardamomo, Cardamomo-verdadeiro
- Punjabi
- ਇਲਾਚੀ
- Russian
- Кардамон настоящий
- Sanskrit
- एला
- Scottish Gaelic
- Càrdamon
- Serbian
- Кардамон
- Serbian (Latin)
- Kardamon
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၽႃႇလႃႇသၢင်းၽေႃး, သူမ်ႈပူသၢင်းၽေႃး
- Slovenian
- Kardamom
- Spanish
- Cardamomo, Cardamon, Cardamón
- Sundanese
- Kapulaga, Kapol
- Swedish
- Kardemumma
- Tamil
- ஏலம், ஏலக்காய்
- Telugu
- ఏలకులు, యాలక, యాలకు, యాలకులు
- Thai
- กระวาน
- Turkish
- Kakule
- Ukrainian
- Кардамон справжній
- vls
- Kardemong
- Welsh
- Cardamom
- wuu
- 小豆蔻
- Yiddish
- קארדעמאן
Synonyms
- Alpinia cardamomum (L.) Roxb.
- Alpinia striata Link
- Amomum cardamomum Willd.
- Amomum cardamomum L.
- Amomum racemosum Lam.
- Amomum repens Sonn.
- Cardamomum elletari Garsault
- Cardamomum malabaricum Pritz.
- Cardamomum minus (Gaertn.) Kuntze
- Cardamomum officinale Salisb.
- Cardamomum verum Oken
- Elettaria cardamomum var. minor G.Watt
- Elettaria cardamomum var. minuscula Burkill
- Elettaria repens Baill.
- Matonia cardamomum (L.) Stephenson & J.M.Churchill
- Zingiber cardamomum (L.) Stokes
- Zingiber minus Gaertn.
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.