SPICES

Scientific name: Elettaria cardamomum

Cardamom often referred as the “Queen of Spices” because of its very pleasant aroma and taste. Cardamom is a perennial, herbaceous, rhizomatous plant

Scientific name:: Piper nigrum

Black Pepper is the dried mature berry of Piper nigrum, a climbing, perennial shrub mostly found in hot, moist region of Southern India.

Scientific name: Illicium verum

Star anise is the dried, star shaped fruit.

Scientific name : Syzygium aromaticum

The clove of commerce is the air-dried unopened flower bud obtained from evergreen medium sized tree

Scientific name: Cinnamomum verum

The “True Cinnamon”   is the dried inner stem bark of Cinnamomum Verum. Cinnamon bark is a popular spice with a delicate fragrance and a warm agreeable taste

Scientific name : Myristica fragrans

Nutmeg & Mace are two distinctly different spices produced from a fruit of an evergreen tree

Mace is the dried reticulated ‘aril’ of the fruit and nutmeg is the dried seed kernel of the fruit.

Scientific name: Vanilla planifolia

Vanilla, a member of the orchid family is a climbing monocot possessing a stout. Vanilla is used mainly as a flavouring material

8 All Spice (Sarvasugandhi)
Scientific name: Pimenta dioica
Allspice trees are evergreen medium sized, grow up to a height of 8 to 10 meters. The leaf have flavor of three spices .The seed of the all spices plant is known as Jamaican pepper

Scientific name: Ferula assa – foetida

Asafoetida is the dried latex exuded from the living underground rhizome .

Scientific name: Zingiber officinale

Ginger of commerce is the dried underground stem of the herbaceous tropical plant grown as an annual

Scientific name: Curcuma longa

Curcuma longa is the boiled, dried, cleaned and polished rhizomes of Curcuma longa.