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| | Cardamom |
 | | Cardamom of commerce is the dried ripe fruit (capsules of cardamom plant) often referred as the “Queen of Spices”; because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. |
 | | Besides India, cardamom is grown as a commercial crop in Guatemala and on small scale in Tanzania, Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Honduras, and Papua and New Guinea. |
 | | Large Cardamom is cultivated in the Sub-Himalayan region of North Eastern India, Nepal and Bhutan. |
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