Lanxangia tsaoko
Species of plant
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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]
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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. | |
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