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green cardamom

Elettaria cardamomum

Cracked green pods, cool and camphoraceous.

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green cardamom

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The characteristic compounds documented in this ingredient, plus any the library traces to it in a recipe. Not an exhaustive phytochemistry.

C₁₀H₁₈O
cineole
C₁₀H₁₈O

10.7 to 28.4% of the pod oil, the cool eucalyptus note behind the sweeter esters.

C₁₀H₁₆
limonene
C₁₀H₁₆

bright citrus

C₁₀H₁₈O
linalool
C₁₀H₁₈O

A steady 6.4 to 8.6% of the pod oil, softening the cineole with a floral edge.

C₁₅H₂₄
β-caryophyllene
C₁₅H₂₄

peppery, warm-woody