Aframomum melegueta

Common name: Grains of Paradise

Family: Zingiberaceae

Synonym(s):

Country of Origin: W. Trop. Africa to Angola

Description: Herbaceous perennial herb producing tufted stems 1 - 4 metres tall from a rhizomatous rootstock. ⁴

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#2009063

Provenance:

Collector# s.n. Miller, E.
Ghana: near Atebubu
The complete IPEN-number of this accession is GH-0-BONN-4971. 
Dr. Wolfram Lobin,; Kustos/Curator, Botanische Garten der Universitat Bonn
plant given to U.S. Bot. Garden 15 June 2016

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Culture:

Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zingiberaceae
• SubFamily: Alpinioideae
• Tribe: Alpinieae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
3. J.D.D. Tamokou, A.T. Mbaveng, V. Kuete, Chapter 8 - Antimicrobial Activities of African Medicinal Spices and Vegetables in Medicinal Spices and Vegetables from Africa, 2017. Last accessed on Friday, 24 May, 2019.
4. Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Friday, 14 June, 2019.
5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Inna Moody / Flickr user: innamoo ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/moodyworld/ ). [CC BY]. Last accessed on Friday, 10 January, 2020.

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