Aframomum melegueta
Alligator Pepper, Grains Of Paradise
Other regional names: Guinea Grains +2 more
- Guinea Grains
- Guinea Pepper
- Melegueta Pepper
Also known as: Aframomum grana-paradisi (L.) K.Schum. +9 more
- Aframomum grana-paradisi (L.) K.Schum.
- Aframomum meleguetella K.Schum.
- Alpinia grana-paradisi (L.) Moon
- Amomum elatum Salisb.
- Amomum grana-paradisi L.
- Amomum melegueta Roscoe
- Amomum melegueta var. violacea Ridl.
- Cardamomum grana-paradisi (L.) Kuntze
- Torymenes officinalis Salisb.
- Zerumbet autranii Heckel
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Zingiberaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a rhizomatous geophyte.
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Aframomum melegueta (commonly known as Alligator-Pepper or Grains of Paradise) is a rhizomatous plant within the Zingiberaceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
South Tropical Africa, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
French Guiana, Guyana, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.