botanical record · discovered
Alligator Pepper
Aframomum melegueta
Alligator Pepper · Grains-of-Paradise · Guinea Grains · Melegueta Pepper · Malagettapfeffer (Ger.) · Malagueta (Sp.) · Cardamomo de Madagascar · Graines de paradis · Grains of Paradise · Granos del Paraíso · Guinea Pepper · Guinea-grains · Guinea-pepper · Malagettapfeffer · Malagueta · Paradieskörner · Poivre de Guinée · aframon madagaskarski
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Egypt, China, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, French
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Dysentery, Enteritis, Excitant
Science studied: ASH, BORNEOL, CALCIUM, CARBOHYDRATES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Zingiberaceae
Scientific name: Aframomum melegueta
Common names: Alligator Pepper, Grains-of-Paradise, Guinea Grains, Melegueta Pepper, Malagettapfeffer (Ger.), Malagueta (Sp.), Cardamomo de Madagascar, Graines de paradis, Grains of Paradise, Granos del Paraíso, Guinea Pepper, Guinea-grains, Guinea-pepper, Malagettapfeffer, Malagueta, Paradieskörner, Poivre de Guinée, aframon madagaskarski
History
The source record documents this plant in Egypt, Elsewhere, China, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, French.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Dysentery
- Enteritis
- Excitant
- Fever
- Gastritis
- Liqueur
- Malaria
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- Medicine
- Preventitive(Rheumatism)
- Stomachic
- Tapeworm
- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Anodyne
- Stimulant
- Aphrodisiac
- Carminative
- Piscicide
- Preventitive(Migraine)
- Styptic
- Sedative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Egypt
- Elsewhere
- China
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- Liberia
- French
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Dysentery
- Enteritis
- Excitant
- Fever
- Gastritis
- Liqueur
- Malaria
- Medicine
- Preventitive(Rheumatism)
- Stomachic
- Tapeworm
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- Tonic
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Anodyne
- Stimulant
- Aphrodisiac
- Carminative
- Piscicide
- Preventitive(Migraine)
- Styptic
- Sedative
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASH
- BORNEOL
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CINEOLE
- EO
- FAT
- FIBER
- GINGEROL
- 7-GINGEROL
- 8-GINGEROL
- HYDROXYPHENYLALKANOLES
- HYDROXYPHENYLALKANONES
- MAGNESIUM
- OXALIC-ACID
- PARADOL
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- 6-PARADOL
- 7-PARADOL
- 8-PARADOL
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- SHOGAOL
- 6-SHOGAOL
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- TANNINS
- TERPENYL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- WATER
- ZINGERONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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