Elettaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae.

They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

[2] 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:[2] These former species from Malaysia and Indonesia were reclassified into Sulettaria in 2018:[3]