Zingiberaceae
Melegueta pepper
Aframomum melegueta
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Aframomum
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Common names
By language (23)
- Akan
- Afromomum Melegueta
- Arabic
- هال ذكر, خيربوا, قافله ذكر
- arz
- هال ذكر
- Catalan
- Malagueta
- Chinese
- 天堂椒
- Czech
- Aframon rajské zrno, Guinejská zrnka, Guinejský kardamom, Pepř malaguinejský
- dag
- Zumbuli
- Dutch
- Paradijskorrel
- English
- Melegueta pepper, Grains of Paradise
- Esperanto
- Paradizgrajno
- ff
- Citta boɗeeje
- Finnish
- Meleguetapippuri, Meleguettapippuri
- French
- Maniguette
- Galician
- Pementa de Guinea
- German
- Paradieskörner
- Icelandic
- Paradísarkorn
- Japanese
- ギニアショウガ, ギニアコショウ, マニゲット
- Korean
- 멜레게타
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Guineapepper
- Polish
- Aframon madagaskarski
- Portuguese
- Pimenta-da-guiné
- Swedish
- Paradiskorn
- Wolof
- Ñamako
Synonyms
- Aframomum melegueta var. violaceum (Ridl.) K.Schum.
- Aframomum meleguetella K.Schum.
- Amomum melegueta Roscoe
- Amomum melegueta var. violaceum Ridl.
Photos
Photo: Lemmikkipuu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shaddiii, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bamba Tubaab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.