[A resource investigation and commodity identification of Fructus Amomi]

Resource investigation and commodity identification were carried out for 28 samples of Fructus Amomi collected from 7 provinces. The results showed that Fructus Amomi used currently were mainly from the dried ripe-fruit of Amomum villosum, A. villosum var. xanthioides or A. longiligulare. Fructus Amomi in market is nainly A. villosum which comes from Yunnan and Guangdong province.