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Amomum xanthioides  Wall. ex Baker

   

Botanical Name

:

Amomum xanthioides Wall. ex Baker

English Name

:

Bastard cardamom, Tavoy cardamom

Synonym(s)

:

Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wallich ex Baker) T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen

Family

:

Zingiberaceae

 

General Info

Description

A large herb up to 300 cm tall, with thick rhizome. Leaves are narrowly ovate-lanceolate, up to 40 cm x 9 cm. Inflorescence ascending, on peduncle up to 8 cm long, with few flowers, bracts membraneous, bracteoles tubular at the base. Flowers with corolla tube slightly longer than calyx, labellum spoon-shaped to almost circular and concave with emarginate apex, white with prominent middle vein, anther with a 3-lobed appendage having ear-shaped side lobes. Fruit is 1.5-2 cm long, yellowish-green and covered by small spines, difficult to break into 3 fragments.

Herb Effects

As febrifuge, anti-emetic and antiseptic (fruit)

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Borneol, bornyl acetate, camphene, camphor, caryophyllene, limonene, linalool, myrcene, pinene, and terpinene (volatile oil); daucosterol (stem of the plant); beta-caryophyllene, alpha-humulene and paradol (seed).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
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Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Borneol 10385-78-1 1,7,7-trimethylnorbo
rnan-2-ol
C10H18O Click Here To Enlarge
Bornyl acetate 20347-65-3 (1,7,7-trimethylnorb
ornan-2-yl) acetate
C12H20O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Camphene 5794-04-7 2,2-dimethyl-3-methy
lidene-norbornane
C10H16 Click Here To Enlarge
Caryophyllene 87-44-5 4,11,11-trimethyl-8-
methylidene-bicyclo[
7.2.0]undec-4-ene
C15H24 Click Here To Enlarge
Limonene 9003-73-0 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene
C10H16 Click Here To Enlarge
Linalool 78-70-6 3,7-dimethylocta-1,6
-dien-3-ol
C10H18O Click Here To Enlarge
Myrcene 2153-31-3 7-methyl-3-methylide
ne-octa-1,6-diene
C10H16 Click Here To Enlarge
Pinene 9056-93-3 6,6-dimethyl-2-methy
lidene-norpinane
C10H16 Click Here To Enlarge
Terpinene 8013-00-1 methane;
4-methylidene-1-prop
an-2-yl-cyclohexene;
1-methyl-4-propan-2-
yl-cyclohexa-1,3-d
iene;
1-methyl-4-propan-2-
yl-cyclohexa-1,4-die
ne
C33H60 Click Here To Enlarge
Daucosterol 474-58-8 2-[[17-(4-ethyl-1,5-
dimethyl-hexyl)-10,1
3-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8
,9,10,11,1 2,13,14,
15,16,17-tetradecahy
dro-1H-cyclopenta[a]
phenanthren-3-yl]oxy
]- 6-(hydroxymethyl
)tetrahydropyran-3,4
,5-triol
C35H60O6 Click Here To Enlarge
beta-Caryophyllene 13877-93-5 4,11,11-trimethyl-8-
methylidene-bicyclo[
7.2.0]undec-4-ene
C15H24 Click Here To Enlarge
Alpha-humulene 6753-98-6 2,6,6,9-tetramethylc
ycloundeca-1,4,8-tri
ene
C15H24 Click Here To Enlarge
Paradol 27113-22-0 1-(4-hydroxy-3-metho
xy-phenyl)decan-3-on
e
C17H26O3

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

Used to treat indigestion, diarrhoea, flatulence, gastralgia, toothache, enteritis, dysentery, nausea, vomiting, cough and asthma (fruit).

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