Botanical record
Aframomum melegueta
Aframomum melegueta is recorded under 3 local names in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Yoruba, ikw and ijc.
- Accepted botanical name
- Aframomum melegueta
- Names as published
- Aframomum melegueta, Aframomum melegueta (K.Schum.), Aframomum melegueta K. Schum and Aframomum melegueta K. Schum.
- Common English
- Alligator pepper and Grains of Paradise
- Parts reported
- rhizome, seed and root
- GBIF taxonomy
- usage key 2758930 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 100% confidence · checked 2026-08-13
Local names recorded for Aframomum melegueta
Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.
| Local name | Language | Where recorded | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atare | Yoruba | Ogun State, Osun State and Oyo State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey of anti-asthmatic plants in South Western Nigeria — Table 1, row 3 |
| Ojili | ikw | all local government areas of Rivers State, Rivers State, Nigeria | Ethno medicinal survey of plants used by the indigenes of Rivers State of Nigeria — Table 1, row 186 |
| Sani | ijc | Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Bayelsa State, Nigeria | Ethnobotanical survey and conservation of the indigenous plants used for traditional orthopedic care practices in Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Nigeria — Table 2, row 2 |