EPPO Global Database

Aframomum melegueta(AFRME)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-15

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AFRME
  • Preferred name: Aframomum melegueta
  • Authority: (Roscoe) K. Schumann

Notes

West Africa, to Zaïre and Angola


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Aframomum melaguetella K. Schumann
Amomum melegueta Roscoe

Common names
Name
Language
alligator pepper English
Guinea pepper English
melegueta pepper English
maniguette French
poivre de Guinée French
Paradieskörnerpflanze German
dongos-do-Congo Portuguese
grãos-do-paraíso Portuguese
malagueta Portuguese