COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME PART USED Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec BLACK PEPPER Piper nigrum Berry CARDAMOM Elettaria cardamom maton Capsule CHILLIES Capsicum annuum Fruit CLOVE Eugenia caryophyllus Unopened flower bud CINNAMON Cinnamomum zeylanicum Bark CASSIA (INDIAN) Cinnamomum tamala Bark GINGER Zingiber officinale Rhizome TURMERIC Curcuma longa Rhizome GROUNDNUTS Arachis Hypogaea Seeds GARLIC Allium sativum Bulb MUSTARD Brassica juncea Seed KOKAM Garcinia indica Fruit MACE Myristica fragrans Aril NUTMEG Myristica fragrans Kernal POMEGRANATE Punica granatum Seed TAMARIND Tamarindus indica Mesocarp VANILLA Vanilla planifolia Pod DILL Anethum graveolens Fruit & Leaf CELERY SEED Apium graveolens Fruit CORIANDER Coriandrum sativum Fruit & Leaf CARAWAY SEED Carum carvi Fruit CUMIN SEED Cuminum cyminum Fruit FENNEL SEED Foeniculum vulgare Fruit FENUGREEK Trigonella foenum graecum Seed AJOWAN (BISHOP’S WEED) Trachyspermum ammi Fruit GARCINIA Garcinia cambogia Pericarp SAFFRON Crocus sativus Stigma BASIL Ocimum basilicum Leaf