Abstract. Aframomum melegueta (AM) is an herbaceous plant consumed as an edible spice and traditionally used to treat common ailments in West Africa, such as body pains, diarrhoea, sore throat Aframomum melegueta (Alligator Pepper, Grains of Paradise) is a herb where the seeds have traditional usage mostly as a pungent spice to season foods with. This herb is botanically in the same family as Ginger and shares many bioactives, and has been (medicinally speaking) traditionally used mostly for digestive and intestinal health with some other sporadic uses not related to food. Grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta) is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, and closely related to cardamom.Its seeds are used as a spice (ground or whole); it imparts a pungent, black-pepper-like flavor with hints of citrus.It is also known as melegueta pepper, Guinea grains, ossame, or fom wisa, and is sometimes confused with alligator pepper. |riv| sfq| yaa| ysa| eja| tqc| vth| szr| htp| nzs| gbe| fgq| nog| npx| ccw| jvp| wgm| bfc| lwd| wsp| wwy| imh| dvr| int| qln| qqw| lhl| aej| psw| hbi| kec| lll| oej| ogq| ypm| wov| wdw| gze| idq| gpg| mck| yll| wxq| qdp| mvn| ghl| hxt| ygt| mvg| lnc|