Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K.Schum. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ntundulu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aframomum stipulatum (Gagnep.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 220 (1904).
Aframomum biauriculatum K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 207 (1904).
Aframomum candidum Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 351 (1906).
Aframomum latifolium K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 209 (1904).
Aframomum macrospermum (Sm.) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 37 (1930).
Amomum alboviolaceum Ridl. J. Bot. 25: 130 (1887).
Amomum bitacoum Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 164 (1904).
Amomum latifolium Afzel. Rem. Guin. 1: 5 (1813), nom. illeg.
Amomum macrospermum Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): n.° 3 (1818), tentatively listed as a synonym.
Amomum stipulatum Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50: 260 (1903).
Cardamomum latifolium Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 686 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aframomum alboviolaceum	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K. Schum.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K.Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aframomum stipulatum Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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