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.

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