Non scientific name details for guinea grain - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

guinea grain

1 Accepted name(s) for "guinea grain":

Accepted name
Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.

2 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
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.

16 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "guinea grain":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
aburo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alligator pepper	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
apokuo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
awusa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
chilla	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dzekuli	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ehie ado	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
grains of paradise	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gyan'damar yaji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ikehegh	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
melegueta pepper	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
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)