Round cardamom

[name] D ò u K ò u [Fructus Amomi Rotundus] English name [alias] white cardamom, round cardamom, nutmeg original, buckle meters. [source] Zingiberaceae Amomum compactum Amomum compactum Soland. Ex Maton. Harvest in autumn when the fruit is ripe, removed from the seed peel by, broken. The original form of [] perennial. Leaves lanceolate, apex long tailed sharp, with the exception of gross margin, glabrous on both surfaces; petiole absent. Ye Shechu was sparsely hairy, glabrescent and only sparsely ciliate; leaf sheath mouth glabrous; spikes cylindric; bracts ovate - Naga Madokagata; calyx tube pubescent; corolla white or slightly yellowish; labellum oblong, slightly concave, pale yellow, with purple edges midrib with orange red tape; stamens 1; ovary densely villous. Florescence 2 to in May, fruit period from 6 to August. [] habitat distribution in ravine humid, more cultivation in China under the shade of a tree. Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi has cultivated. Native to Indonesia. [character] fruit globose, diameter of 0.8 ~ 1.2cm; the surface yellow white to yellowish brown, with 3 deep longitudinal groove, a protruding column bases on the top, base the Ministry has concave stipe mark, both sides have a pale brown tomentose. The skin is easily longitudinally fissured, divided into 3 rooms, each room containing about 10 grain seeds. The seeds were irregular polyhedron, abaxially slightly uplift, diameter of 3 ~ 4mm, the surface is dark brown, with wrinkles. Aromatic, slightly cooler Weixin like camphor. [composition] containing eucalyptol, borneol, d- b- pinene, a- terpineol etc.. [taste] warm, spicy. [indications] dampness and stomach, the line width in the gas. For loss of appetite, chest tightness, nausea, abdominal pain and abdominal distension. [note] white cardamom A.kravanh Pirre ex Gagnep. fruit also. [*] excerpts from "dictionary" http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.hk/