Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aframomum melegueta 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:
aburo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alligator pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alligator-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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)
atare	Other	Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
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)
felfelossoudān	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
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)
graines de paradis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
grains of paradise	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
grains ofparadise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grains- of- paradise	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
grains-of-paradise	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
guinea grains	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guinea pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
guinea seeds	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
guinea-grains	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
guinea-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gyan'damar yaji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ikehegh	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
jowzosherk	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ma-niguetta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
malagettapfeffer	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
malagueta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
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)
maniguette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
maninguette	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
megbedogboe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
melagueta pepper	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
melegueta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
melegueta pepper	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
melegueta-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mpoma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ndungu zi nzo	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
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)
paradieskorner	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
paradieskörner	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paradiskorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
poivre de guinée	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
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)
جوزالشّرک	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
فلفل السّودان	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
Leaves, seeds		Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Seed		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seed, rhizome		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	dried mature seeds	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
seed		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aframomum grana-paradisi (L.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 213 (1904).
Amomum grana-paradisi L. Sp. Pl.: 2 (1753), nom. utique rej. prop.
Amomum melegueta Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam.: t. 98 (1827), nom. illeg.
Aframomum meleguetella K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 205 (1904).
Alpinia grana-paradisi (L.) Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 1 (1824).
Amomum elatum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 5 (1796), nom. superfl.
Amomum melegueta var. violacea Ridl. J. Bot. 25: 130 (1887).
Cardamomum grana-paradisi (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 686 (1891).
Torymenes officinalis Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 283 (1812), not validly publ.
Zerumbet autranii Heckel Naturaliste, sér. 2, 13: 293 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aframomum granum-paradisi Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aframomum melegueta	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aframomum melegueta K Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Aframomum melegueta Schumann	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Aframomumme legueta	Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Ammomum melegueta Roscoe	SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Amomum garanum-paradisi	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amomum granum-paradisi	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amomum granum-paradisi L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum melegueta Roscoe	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)

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