Ethnobotanical Plant Aframomum melegueta (Zingiberaceae)
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Common name(s)
Hsi Sha Tou; Grains Of Paradise; Guinea Grains; Magiette
Data Views
Total Uses: 28
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Ache(Tooth) | Elsewhere | * |
Anodyne | Elsewhere | * |
Aphrodisiac | Liberia | * |
Astringent | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Carminative | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Dysentery | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Dysentery | Elsewhere | * |
Enteritis | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Excitant | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Fever | Elsewhere | * |
Gastritis | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Liqueur | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Liqueur | China | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Liqueur | Elsewhere | * |
Malaria | Egypt | Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941. |
Medicine | Ghana | * |
Piscicide | Elsewhere | * |
Preventitive(Migraine) | Elsewhere | * |
Preventitive(Rheumatism) | Elsewhere | * |
Sedative | Elsewhere | * |
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.