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Elettaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.<ref name="posh">Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families</ref> One member of the genus, E. cardamomum, is a commercially important spice used as a flavouring agent in many countries.

In 2018, several species were removed from Elettaria and placed in a new genus called Sulettaria. These species are recognized as of October 2018:<ref name="posh"/>

These former species from Malaysia and Indonesia were reclassified into Sulettaria in 2018:<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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