Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Aframomum biauriculatum	K.Schum.	Pflanzenr. IV (Heft 20):207
Aframomum candidum	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53:351. (1906)
Aframomum latifolium	(Afzel.) K.Schum.	Pflanzenr. IV (Heft 20):209
Aframomum stipulatum	(Gagnep.) K.Schum.	Pflanzenr. IV (Heft 20):220
Amomum alboviolaceum	Ridl.	J. Bot. 25:130. (1887)
Amomum bitacoum	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51:164. (1904)
Amomum latifolium	Afzel.
Amomum stipulatum	Gagnep.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 50:260. (1903)
Cardamomum latifolium	Kuntze	Revis. gen. pl. 686

Common names Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

Filter by language:

Language	Common/alternative name
kg	ntundu
ln	ntóndóló
Sango	singi
Chinese	大籽几内亚砂仁
Chinese	大籽幾内亞砂仁

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

No subspecies added yet.

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

No variety added yet.

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

No subvariety added yet.

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

No forms added yet.

Germination/Propagation Top

Suggest a correction or add new data!

No germination or propagation data was added yet.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:

- Doubtful data

- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Ivory Coast
  - Liberia
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
  - Cabinda
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Rwanda
  - Zaïre

Links to other databases Top

Suggest others/fix!

Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000338036
Tropicos	34500624
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:871826-1
The Plant List	kew-218347
Open Tree Of Life	791463
NCBI Taxonomy	637922
IUCN Red List	117177589
IPNI	871826-1
GBIF	2758911
EPPO	AFRAL
EOL	1127045
Wikipedia	Aframomum_alboviolaceum
CMAUP	NPO22090

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.

Title

Authors

Publication

Released

IDs

Germacrene B – a central intermediate in sesquiterpene biosynthesis

Xu H, Dickschat JS

Beilstein J Org Chem

20-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9972886
doi:	10.3762/bjoc.19.18
PMID:	36865023

Anthelmintic Agents from African Medicinal Plants: Review and Prospects

Jato J, Orman E, Duah Boakye Y, Oppong Bekoe E, Oppong Bekoe S, Asare-Nkansah S, Spiegler V, Hensel A, Liebau E, Agyare C

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med

31-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9825222
doi:	10.1155/2022/8023866
PMID:	36624864

Anti-ovarian cancer potential of phytocompound and extract from South African medicinal plants and their role in the development of chemotherapeutic agents

Palanisamy CP, Cui B, Zhang H, Panagal M, Paramasivam S, Chinnaiyan U, Jeyaraman S, Murugesan K, Rostagno M, Sekar V, Natarajan SP

Am J Cancer Res

15-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8167668
PMID:	34094656

Traditional food plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda—a cultural crossroads

Masters ET

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

06-Apr-2021

PMCID:	PMC8022409
doi:	10.1186/s13002-021-00441-4
PMID:	33823912

Species richness, cultural importance, and prioritization of wild spices for conservation in the Sudano-Guinean zone of Benin (West Africa)

Kafoutchoni KM, Idohou R, Egeru A, Salako KV, Agbangla C, Adomou AC, Assogbadjo AE

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

15-Nov-2018

PMCID:	PMC6238395
doi:	10.1186/s13002-018-0267-y
PMID:	30442169

First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola

Lautenschläger T, Monizi M, Pedro M, Mandombe JL, Bránquima MF, Heinze C, Neinhuis C

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

25-Jul-2018

PMCID:	PMC6060550
doi:	10.1186/s13002-018-0238-3
PMID:	30045744

Tristemma hirtum and Five Other Cameroonian Edible Plants with Weak or No Antibacterial Effects Modulate the Activities of Antibiotics against Gram-Negative Multidrug-Resistant Phenotypes

Nguenang GS, Mbaveng AT, Fankam AG, Manekeng HT, Nayim P, Wamba BE, Kuete V

ScientificWorldJournal

22-Mar-2018

PMCID:	PMC5885400
doi:	10.1155/2018/7651482
PMID:	29765275

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon

Youmsi RD, Fokou PV, Menkem EZ, Bakarnga-Via I, Keumoe R, Nana V, Boyom FF

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

08-Jun-2017

PMCID:	PMC5465592
doi:	10.1186/s13002-017-0155-x
PMID:	28595645

Plants from disturbed savannah vegetation and their usage by Bakongo tribes in Uíge, Northern Angola

Göhre A, Toto-Nienguesse ÁB, Futuro M, Neinhuis C, Lautenschläger T

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

20-Sep-2016

PMCID:	PMC5030725
doi:	10.1186/s13002-016-0116-9
PMID:	27650466

The symbolic efficacy of medicinal plants: practices, knowledge, and religious beliefs amongst the Nalu healers of Guinea-Bissau

Frazão-Moreira A

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

17-Jun-2016

PMCID:	PMC4912713
doi:	10.1186/s13002-016-0095-x
PMID:	27316468

Ecological data in support of an analysis of Guinea-Bissau׳s medicinal flora

Catarino L, Havik PJ, Indjai B, Romeiras MM

Data Brief

30-Mar-2016

PMCID:	PMC5063803
doi:	10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.077
PMID:	27761498

Antibacterial Effects of Cissus welwitschii and Triumfetta welwitschii Extracts against Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus

Moyo B, Mukanganyama S

Int J Bacteriol

05-Nov-2015

PMCID:	PMC4745422
doi:	10.1155/2015/162028
PMID:	26904744

African Flora Has the Potential to Fight Multidrug Resistance of Cancer

Kuete V, Efferth T

Biomed Res Int

15-Apr-2015

PMCID:	PMC4413252
doi:	10.1155/2015/914813
PMID:	25961047

Cytotoxicity of four Aframomum species (A. arundinaceum, A. alboviolaceum, A. kayserianum and A. polyanthum) towards multi-factorial drug resistant cancer cell lines

Kuete V, Ango PY, Yeboah SO, Mbaveng AT, Mapitse R, Kapche GD, Ngadjui BT, Efferth T

BMC Complement Altern Med

19-Sep-2014

PMCID:	PMC4177760
doi:	10.1186/1472-6882-14-340
PMID:	25239700

Antibacterial activities of selected edible plants extracts against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Djeussi DE, Noumedem JA, Seukep JA, Fankam AG, Voukeng IK, Tankeo SB, Nkuete AH, Kuete V

BMC Complement Altern Med

10-Jul-2013

PMCID:	PMC3710276
doi:	10.1186/1472-6882-13-164
PMID:	23837916

Phytochemical Profile Top

Add a new one!

Below are displayed the proven (via scientific papers) natural compounds!
You can also contribute to this by clicking here.

Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenols / 1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids
(4R)-3,4-Dihydrolactucopicrin	101232828	Click to see CC1=C2C(C(CC2=O)CO)C3C(C(C1)OC(=O)CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)C(=C)C(=O)O3	412.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Lactupicrin	174880	Click to see CC1=C2C(C3C(C(C1)OC(=O)CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)C(=C)C(=O)O3)C(=CC2=O)CO	410.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Cichoriol A	86213870	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)C)O	404.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Cichoriol B	86213863	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)C)O	432.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Cichoriol C	86213877	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)C)O	446.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Cichoriol D	86213878	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)C)O	460.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Diradylglycerols / Diacylglycerols / 1,2-diacylglycerols
(2-Acetyloxy-3-hydroxypropyl) 3-methyl-5-(1,2,5,5-tetramethyl-2,3,4,4a,6,7-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl)pentanoate	73815547	Click to see CC1CCC2C(=CCCC2(C)C)C1(C)CCC(C)CC(=O)OCC(CO)OC(=O)C	422.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
2-[2-(5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylidene-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-1-yl)ethylidene]butanedial	75094027	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC(=C)C2CC=C(CC=O)C=O)C)C	302.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959731
2-[2-(5,5,8a-trimethylspiro[3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene-2,2'-oxirane]-1-yl)ethylidene]butanedial	73819354	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C(CC=O)C=O)CO3)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959731
Aframodial	21668974	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C(CC=O)C=O)CO3)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959731 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
Labda-8(17),12-diene-15,16-dial	11077520	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC(=C)C2CC=C(CC=O)C=O)C)C	302.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959731
methyl (E)-4-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylidene-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-1-yl]-2-[(2R)-oxiran-2-yl]but-2-enoate	162918447	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC(=C)C2CC=C(C3CO3)C(=O)OC)C)C	332.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959731
methyl 4-(5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylidene-3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalen-1-yl)-2-(oxiran-2-yl)but-2-enoate	162918445	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC(=C)C2CC=C(C3CO3)C(=O)OC)C)C	332.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959731
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids / Scalarane sesterterpenoids
Taraxerone	92785	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CC=C3C4(CCC5C(C(=O)CCC5(C4CCC3(C2C1)C)C)(C)C)C)C)C	424.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(18alpha,19alpha)-5alpha-Urs-20(30)-en-3-one	14485466	Click to see CC1C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(=O)C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C)C)C)(C)C)C	424.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Lupenone	92158	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(=O)C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)C)C	424.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Lupeol	259846	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C	426.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Taraxasterol	115250	Click to see CC1C2C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CCC2(CCC1=C)C)C)C)(C)C)O)C	426.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
Beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Stigmasterol	5280794	Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	412.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Secondary alcohols
(6aS,11aR,11bS)-7-hydroxy-4,4,11b-trimethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,11,11a-decahydrocyclohepta[a]naphthalene-6a,9-dicarbaldehyde	5317450	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C(CC3O)C=O)C=O)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
7-Hydroxy-4,4,11b-trimethyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,11,11a-decahydrocyclohepta[a]naphthalene-6a,9-dicarbaldehyde	14330184	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C(CC3O)C=O)C=O)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
Galanal A	3050416	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C(CC3O)C=O)C=O)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
Galanal B	3086504	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C(CC3O)C=O)C=O)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Gamma butyrolactones
(3E)-3-[2-[(1R,2S)-5,5,8a-trimethylspiro[3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene-2,2'-oxirane]-1-yl]ethylidene]oxolan-2-one	5317453	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C4CCOC4=O)CO3)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
3-[2-(5,5,8a-trimethylspiro[3,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene-2,2'-oxirane]-1-yl)ethylidene]oxolan-2-one	56993665	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C4CCOC4=O)CO3)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888
Galanolactone	11141699	Click to see CC1(CCCC2(C1CCC3(C2CC=C4CCOC4=O)CO3)C)C	318.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2002-32888

Biological Material Top

Contributors Top

No known contributors. Be the first!

Collections Top

In private collections	0
In public collections	0

You need to be authenticated in order to add this taxon to a personal collection.

Aframomum alboviolaceum

Table of Contents

Details Top

Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Scientific Literature Top

Phytochemical Profile Top

Biological Material Top

Contributors Top

Collections Top