Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

alligator pepper

1 Accepted name(s) for "alligator pepper":

Accepted name
Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)	Aframomum melegueta K. Schum	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.		seed, rhizome
Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)	Aframomum melegueta K. Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	dried mature seeds	seed
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.
African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.		seed

48 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "alligator pepper":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
aburo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
anai wie	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
anairo wie	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
apokuo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
atakui	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
awisa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
awusa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
chilla	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
chitta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
dzekuli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ehie ado	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
eza	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ezakpa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fam wisa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ginny grains	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ginny papper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
graines	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
grains of paradise	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
grains ofparadise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grani de meleguetta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
grani de paradise	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
greater cardamom	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
grenes	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
guinea grain	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
guinea grains	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guinea pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
guinea seeds	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
gyan'damar yaji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ikehegh	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ma-niguetta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
malagettapfeffer	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
malagueta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
malagueta pepper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaguette	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
maniguet	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
megbedogboe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
melegueta pepper	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mpoma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ntuen	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
obro	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ose oji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ose okwa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sensam	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
uotipisi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
wie	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
wisa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
wisa pa opokuo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
wusa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)