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Accepted name: 
Aframomum melegueta K.Schum. [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant: 
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aburo Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alligator pepper Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (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)
amomum Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
anai wie Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
anairo wie Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
apokuo Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ataku Other Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
atakui Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
atakwin Other Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
atare Other Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
atare pepper Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
awusa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
cardamone Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chilla Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
chitta Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
dzekuli Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ehie ado Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
eiri Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
eza Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
ezakpa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
fam wisa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
felfelossoudān Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fomwisa Other Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
ginny grains Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
ginny papper Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
graines Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
graines de paradis Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grains of paradise Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (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 Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
grani de paradise Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
greater cardamom Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
grenes Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
guinea grain Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guinea grains Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guinea pepper Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
guinea seeds Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 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)
hsi sha tou Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ikehegh Other Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
jowzosherk Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ma-niguetta Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
magiette Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
malagettapfeffer Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malagueta Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malagueta pepper Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaguette Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
maniguet Other African Herbal Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. (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 Pharmacop. (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)
mignonette Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 kondrepepre 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)
paradise fruit Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
poivre maniguette Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sensam Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
tondolo Other Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
uotipisi Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
wie Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
wisa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
wisa pa opokuo Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
wusa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
جوزالشّرک Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
فلفل السّودان Other Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)