Lanxangia tsaoko

Lanxangia tsao-ko, formerly Amomum tsao-ko, and also known as red cardamom or Chinese black cardamom,^[3] is a ginger-like plant known in English by the transliterated Chinese name (Chinese: 草果; pinyin: cǎoguǒ; Jyutping: cou² gwo²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kó). It grows at high altitudes in Yunnan,^[2] as well as the northern highlands of Vietnam.^[4] Both wild and cultivated plants are used medicinally and also in cooking.^[2] The dried fruit of the plant has a pungent, gingery taste.^[5]

Lanxangia tsaoko
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Genus:	Lanxangia
Species:	L. tsao-ko
Binomial name
Lanxangia tsao-ko (Crevost & Lemarié) M.F.Newman & Škorničk.
Synonyms[2]
Amomum tsao-ko Crevost & Lemarié Amomum hongtsaoko C.F.Liang & D.Fang.

See also

• Black cardamom