Elettaria cardamomumElettaria cardamomum at a glance: Elettaria cardamomum is a tropical rhizomatous plant grown for both fragrant seed pods and lush lance shaped foliage, making it useful as an ornamental as well as an edible spice crop in the right indoor conditions. It grows as a clumping herb rather than a woody tree, with upright leafy shoots rising from underground rhizomes and, when mature, flowers and pods forming near the base. Bright filtered light, high