Zingiberaceae
Guinea grains
Aframomum angustifolium
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Aframomum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 煥顏草果, 窄叶豆蔻
- English
- Guinea grains, Longoza plant, Mlelgueta pepper, Longoza, Maniguette fine
- French
- Grand cardamone de Madagascar, Cardamome de Madagascar, Longoza, Longoza de Madagascar
- Japanese
- アフラムム・アングスティフォリウム
- Malagasy
- Lingoza, Lingozakely, Longoza, Longozakely, Tsinkara
Synonyms
- Aframomum baumannii K.Schum.
- Aframomum sanguineum (K.Schum.) K.Schum.
- Aframomum sceleratum A.Chev.
- Amomum angustifolium Sonn.
- Amomum clusii Sm.
- Amomum danielii Hook.f.
- Amomum madagascariense Lam.
- Amomum madagascariensis Lamk.
- Amomum melegueta Giseke
- Amomum sanguineum K.Schum.
- Amomum sansibaricum Werth
- Cardamomum angustifolium (Sonn.) Kuntze
- Cardamomum clusii (Sm.) Kuntze
- Cardamomum melegueta Kuntze
- Zingiber melegueta Gaertn.
Photos
Photo: 仙人です, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Andrea Sch., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.