Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Aframomum meleguetella	K.Schum.	Pflanzenr. IV (Heft 20):205
Alpinia grana-paradisi	(L.) Moon	Cat. Pl. Ceylon 1
Amomum melegueta var. violaceum	Ridl.	J. Bot. 25:130. (1887)
Aframomum melegueta var. violaceum	(Ridl.) K.Schum.	Pflanzenr. IV (Heft 20):205

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	grains of paradise
English	melegueta pepper
Arabic	قافله ذكر
Arabic	خيربوا
Arabic	هال ذكر
Catalan	malagueta
Czech	pepř malaguinejský
Czech	aframon rajské zrno
Czech	guinejský kardamom
Czech	guinejská zrnka
dag	zumbuli
German	paradieskörner
Esperanto	paradizgrajno
Fulah	citta boɗeeje
Finnish	meleguettapippuri
Finnish	meleguetapippuri
French	maniguette
Galician	pementa da guinea
Icelandic	paradísarkorn
Japanese	ギニアコショウ
Japanese	ギニアショウガ
Japanese	マニゲット
Korean	멜레게타
Norwegian Bokmål	guineapepper
Dutch	paradijskorrel
Polish	aframon madagaskarski
Portuguese	pimenta-da-guiné
Swedish	paradiskorn
wo	Ñamako
Chinese	天堂椒

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Ivory Coast
  - Liberia
  - Nigeria
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon
  - Congo
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Zaïre

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- Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago
  - Windward Islands
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000338092
UNII	U332R0H9XG
USDA Plants	AFME
Tropicos	34500351
INPN	629032
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:871877-1
The Plant List	kew-218399
Open Tree Of Life	268114
Observations.org	373374
NCBI Taxonomy	637930
IUCN Red List	117208334
IPNI	871877-1
iNaturalist	123714
GBIF	2758930
Freebase	/m/01qzzt
EPPO	AFRME
EOL	1127012
Elurikkus	297578
USDA GRIN	101012
Wikipedia	Grains_of_paradise

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Evaluation of packaging, labels, and some physicochemical properties of herbal antimalarial products on the Ghanaian market

Amekyeh H, Kumadoh D, Adongo DW, Orman E, Abubakar S, Dwamena A, Aggrey MO

Heliyon

28-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10920373
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27032
PMID:	38463810

Plant use and perceptions in the context of sexual health among people of Congolese descent in Belgium

Van Damme L, Chatrou L, de la Peña E, Kibungu P, Bolya CS, Van Damme P, Vanhove W, Ceuterick M, De Meyer E

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

19-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10877895
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00662-3
PMID:	38373968

The effects of herbal plant extract on the growth performance, blood parameters, nutrient digestibility and carcase quality of rabbits: A meta-analysis

Adli DN, Sugiharto S, Irawan A, Tribudi YA, Wibowo S, Azmi AF, Sjofjan O, Jayanegara A, Tistiana H, Wahyono T, Aditya S, Sholikin MM, Sadarman S

Heliyon

10-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10877253
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25724
PMID:	38380018

Polyherbal Combinations Used by Traditional Health Practitioners against Mental Illnesses in Bamako, Mali, West Africa

Moussavi N, Mounkoro PP, Dembele SM, Ballo NN, Togola A, Diallo D, Sanogo R, Wangensteen H, Paulsen BS

Plants (Basel)

04-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10857219
doi:	10.3390/plants13030454
PMID:	38337987

A journey from molecule to physiology and in silico tools for drug discovery targeting the transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channel

Amaya-Rodriguez CA, Carvajal-Zamorano K, Bustos D, Alegría-Arcos M, Castillo K

Front Pharmacol

24-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10847257
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2023.1251061
PMID:	38328578

Phytochemical screening, antioxidant activity of selected methanolic plant extracts and their detoxification capabilities against AFB1 toxicity

Kongolo Kalemba MR, Makhuvele R, Njobeh PB

Heliyon

11-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10835242
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24435
PMID:	38312698

Efficacy of Khaya grandifoliola Stem Bark Ethanol Extract in the Treatment of Cerebral Malaria in Swiss albino Mice Using Plasmodium berghei NK65 Strain

Guy-Armand GN, Cedric Y, Nadia NA, Kevin TD, Sandra TN, Sidiki NN, Azizi MA, Payne VK

J Parasitol Res

09-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10653973
doi:	10.1155/2023/5700782
PMID:	38028126

Gingerols and shogaols: A multi-faceted review of their extraction, formulation, and analysis in drugs and biofluids to maximize their nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications

Maghraby YR, Labib RM, Sobeh M, Farag MA

Food Chem X

20-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10739842
doi:	10.1016/j.fochx.2023.100947
PMID:	38144766

Ethnomedicinal Knowledge of Plants Used in Nonconventional Medicine in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Chiribagula Valentin B, Ndjolo Philippe O, Mboni Henry M, Mushagalusa Kasali F

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med

20-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10533323
doi:	10.1155/2023/4621883
PMID:	37771953

A study on the effect of natural products against the transmission of B.1.1.529 Omicron

Alkafaas SS, Abdallah AM, Hussien AM, Bedair H, Abdo M, Ghosh S, Elkafas SS, Apollon W, Saki M, Loutfy SA, Onyeaka H, Hessien M

Virol J

25-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10464336
doi:	10.1186/s12985-023-02160-6
PMID:	37626376

Use of medicinal plants as a remedy against lymphatic filariasis: Current status and future prospect

Fordjour FA, Osei‐Poku P, Genfi AK, Ainooson KG, Amponsah K, Arthur PK, Stephenson GR, Kwarteng A

Health Sci Rep

27-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10224507
doi:	10.1002/hsr2.1295
PMID:	37251521

Iranian traditional medicinal plants for management of chronic heart failure: A review

Keihanian F, Moohebati M, Saeidinia A, Mohajeri SA

Medicine (Baltimore)

12-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10174410
doi:	10.1097/MD.0000000000033636
PMID:	37171363

Occurrence and Dietary Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins in Most Consumed Foods in Cameroon: Exploring Current Data to Understand Futures Challenges

Bouelet Ntsama IS, Frazzoli C, Pouokam GB, Colizzi V

Foods

20-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10137334
doi:	10.3390/foods12081713
PMID:	37107508

Emerging evidence on Monkeypox: resurgence, global burden, molecular insights, genomics and possible management

Sharma R, Chen KT, Sharma R

Front Cell Infect Microbiol

19-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10154632
doi:	10.3389/fcimb.2023.1134712
PMID:	37153147

VP37 Protein Inhibitors for Mpox Treatment: Highlights on Recent Advances, Patent Literature, and Future Directions

Hudu SA, Alshrari AS, Al Qtaitat A, Imran M

Biomedicines

06-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10135999
doi:	10.3390/biomedicines11041106
PMID:	37189724

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
1-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)dec-5-en-3-one	162999410	Click to see CCCCC=CCC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC	276.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y
Zingerone	31211	Click to see CC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC	194.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.34.1.64.13172
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols / Gingerdiones
Gingerdione	162952	Click to see CCCCCC(=O)CC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC	292.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols / Gingerols
5-Hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)decan-3-one	3473	Click to see CCCCCC(CC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC)O	294.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y
Gingerol	442793	Click to see CCCCCC(CC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC)O	294.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols / Paradols
Paradol	94378	Click to see CCCCCCCC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC	278.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.34.1.64.13172
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols / Shogaols
Shogaol	5281794	Click to see CCCCCC=CC(=O)CCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC	276.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.34.1.64.13172
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Branched unsaturated hydrocarbons
gamma-Terpinene	7461	Click to see CC1=CCC(=CC1)C(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Octatriene, dimethyl-	6434062	Click to see CC(C)C=CC=C(C)C=C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
trans-Dihydroocimene	5463450	Click to see CC(C)CCC=C(C)C=C	138.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
(S)-(+)-2-Heptanol	2724897	Click to see CCCCCC(C)O	116.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
5-Hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxycyclohexyl)decan-3-one	42675	Click to see CCCCCC(CC(=O)CCC1CCC(C(C1)OC)O)O	300.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
beta-OCIMENE, (3E)-	5281553	Click to see CC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Linalool, (+/-)-	6549	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/FFJ.2730060304 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Myrcene	31253	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
p-CYMENE	7463	Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)C	134.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Thymol	6989	Click to see CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(-)-alpha-Pinene	440968	Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
(-)-beta-Pinene	440967	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(=C)C1C2)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
(1R,2R,5S)-2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-3-one	10329459	Click to see CC1C2CC(C2(C)C)CC1=O	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
(1S,3R,5S)-6,6-Dimethyl-2-methylenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-3-ol	12314318	Click to see CC1(C2CC1C(=C)C(C2)O)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
3,5,5-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one	86707	Click to see CC1C2CC(C1=O)CC2(C)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
alpha-PINENE	6654	Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
beta-Pinene	14896	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(=C)C1C2)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
Camphene	6616	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Myrtenal	61130	Click to see CC1(C2CC=C(C1C2)C=O)C	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Myrtenol	10582	Click to see CC1(C2CC=C(C1C2)CO)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Pinocarveol	102667	Click to see CC1(C2CC1C(=C)C(C2)O)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Pinocarvone	121719	Click to see CC1(C2CC1C(=C)C(=O)C2)C	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Sabinen	18818	Click to see CC(C)C12CCC(=C)C1C2	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
4-Terpineol, (+/-)-	11230	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)(C(C)C)O	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Alpha-Terpineol	17100	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(C)O	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Limonene, (+/-)-	22311	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(-)-Cyperene	12308843	Click to see CC1CCC2CC3=C(CCC13C2(C)C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
(+)-delta-Cadinene	441005	Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(=C2CC1)C)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.02,7]dec-3-ene	92042749	Click to see CC1=CCC2C3C1C2(CCC3C(C)C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
1-Ethenyl-1,2-dimethyl-4-propan-2-ylidene-2-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexane	5317024	Click to see CC(=C1CCC(C(C1)(C)C(=C)C)(C)C=C)C	218.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
2-Isopropenyl-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethylidene)-1-vinylcyclohexane	6432312	Click to see CC(=C1CCC(C(C1)C(=C)C)(C)C=C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
alpha-Guaiene	5317844	Click to see CC1CCC(CC2=C1CCC2C)C(=C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
beta-CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE	1742210	Click to see CC1(CC2C1CCC3(C(O3)CCC2=C)C)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Cadina-1(10),4-diene	10223	Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(=C2CC1)C)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Caryophyllene	5281515	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C2CC(C2CC1)(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012 https://doi.org/10.1002/FFJ.2730060304 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Caryophyllene epoxide	14350	Click to see CC1(CC2C1CCC3(C(O3)CCC2=C)C)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Copaene	19725	Click to see CC1=CCC2C3C1C2(CCC3C(C)C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Cyperene	99856	Click to see CC1CCC2CC3=C(CCC13C2(C)C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
delta-Guaiene	94275	Click to see CC1CCC2=C(CCC(CC12)C(=C)C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
gamma-Bisabolene, (Z)-	3033866	Click to see CC1=CCC(=C(C)CCC=C(C)C)CC1	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
Humulene	5281520	Click to see CC1=CCC(C=CCC(=CCC1)C)(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174 https://doi.org/10.1002/FFJ.2730060304
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids / 5,10-cycloaromadendrane sesquiterpenoids
Alloaromadendren	91746537	Click to see CC1CCC2C1C3C(C3(C)C)CCC2=C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Bicyclogermacrane and isolepidozane sesquiterpenoids
(1S,2E,10R)-3,7,11,11-tetramethylbicyclo[8.1.0]undeca-2,6-diene	44583886	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=CC2C(C2(C)C)CC1)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Bicyclogermacrene	5315347	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=CC2C(C2(C)C)CC1)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Elemane sesquiterpenoids
Beta-Elemene	6918391	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC(C(C1)C(=C)C)(C)C=C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Germacrane sesquiterpenoids
(S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-diene	91723653	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
Germacrene D	5317570	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174 https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2009.03.012
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Sesquiterpene lactones
[(3aS,5R,5aS,6S,8S,8aR,9S,9aS)-9-acetyloxy-8-hydroxy-5,8a-dimethyl-1-methylidene-2-oxo-4,5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-3aH-azuleno[6,5-b]furan-6-yl] acetate	162918506	Click to see CC1CC2C(C(C3(C1C(CC3O)OC(=O)C)C)OC(=O)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	366.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)00154-Y
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Epoxides
(4E,7E)-1,5,9,9-Tetramethyl-12-oxabicyclo[9.1.0]dodeca-4,7-diene	22559443	Click to see CC1=CCCC2(C(O2)CC(C=CC1)(C)C)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174
1,5,5,8-Tetramethyl-12-oxabicyclo[9.1.0]dodeca-3,7-diene	23274265	Click to see CC1=CCC(C=CCC2(C(O2)CC1)C)(C)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1993.9698174

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Aframomum melegueta

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