Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K.Schum. [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
longoza plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
madagascar cardamoms	Other	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
madagascar cardamums	Other	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aframomum baumannii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 220 (1904).
Aframomum sanguineum (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 219 (1904).
Amomum angustifolium Sonn. Voy. Indes Orient. 3: 276 (1782).
Aframomum sceleratum A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 304 (1917).
Amomum clusii Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): n.° 4 (1818).
Amomum madagascariense Lam. Encycl. 1: 133 (1783), nom. illeg.
Amomum meleguetta Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 259 (1792), nom. superfl.
Amomum nemorosum Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 327 (1837), nom. nud.
Amomum sanguineum K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 412 (1892).
Amomum sansibaricum Werth Veg. Sansibar: 56 (1901).
Cardamomum angustifolium (Sonn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 686 (1891).
Cardamomum clusii (Sm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 686 (1891).
Cardamomum melegueta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 687 (1891).
Marogna paludosa Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 283 (1812), not validly publ.
Zingiber meleguetta Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 34 (1788), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aframomum angustifolium	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) K. Schum.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aframomum angustifolium (Sonn.) 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 baumannii	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Aframomum baumannii K Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Aframomum baumannii K. Schum.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aframomum sanguineum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum angostifolium	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Amomum angustifolium Sonner.	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)

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