Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aframomum exscapum (Sims) Hepper [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aframomum cuspidatum (Gagnep.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 209 (1904).
Aframomum leonense K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 214 (1904).
Aframomum oleraceum A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 626 (1920), nom. nud.
Alexis bifurca Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 284 (1812), not validly publ.
Alexis grandiflora (Sm.) Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 284 (1812), not validly publ.
Amomum cuspidatum Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 253 (1903).
Amomum exscapum Sims Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 549 (1805).
Amomum grandiflorum Sm. Exot. Bot. 2: 103 (1806).
Cardamomum grandiflorum (Sm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 687 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aframomum exscapum (Sims) Hepper	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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