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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alligator-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
atakwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
atare	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
ataye	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
atá	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
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	Tradit. 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grains of paradise	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
grains ofparadise	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grains-of-paradise	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 (RBG, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guinea-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gyan'damar yaji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
heel habshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ikehegh	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
jowzosherk	Other	Tradit. 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malagueta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
melegueta pepper	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
melegueta-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
meleguetta pepper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
nengre kondre pepre	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
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)
paradieskörner	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paradiskorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
فلفل السّودان	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Leaves, seeds		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaf, bark		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
fruits, seeds		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
fruits, seeds	dry fruits, dry seeds	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root, seed, fruit	juice of young leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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.
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. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Aframomum melegueta (Rosc.) K. Schum.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aframomum melegueta K Schum.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aframomum melegueta K.Schum.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aframomum melegueta Schumann	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Aframomumme legueta	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Aframonium melegueta	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Ammomum melegueta Roscoe	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Amomum garanum-paradisi	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amomum granum-paradisi	Tradit. 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 (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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