Botanical Name

Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum. [Zingiberaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1786

Collection Location

Aquapim [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2049

Common Names

grains-of-Paradise [English]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 158:] "The seeds are used in different ways by the inhabitants; partly in economic; partly in medicinal respect."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004873

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)