Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Export Product
Export (spices of Sri Lanka)
Cardamom
Family-zingiberaceae
Species-Elettaria cardamom
Common Name- CardamomGeneral Description
Cardamom, known as the “Queen of Spices” is a perennial herbaceous plant with a pseudo stem and thick irregular shaped rhizomes. Cardamom grows wild in the Western Ghats of Southern India. Dried fruit or Cardamom capsule is traded as a spice. There are several commercial grades of cardamom including whole cardamom as primary products in spice trade, ground form as secondary processed products and in the form of extractions of oil and oleoresin as value added products. Cardamom is mainly used in the food industry as a flavoring agent. Cardamom Oil is used for flavoring of beverages and drinks such as coffee and tea.
Cultivation
Sri Lanka where elevation is 600M amsl. Matale,Kandy,Kegalle,Nuwara Eliya, Rathnapura and a part of Galle are the major growing districts.