Aframomum melegueta

Traditional uses

  • Astringent

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Dysentery

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Enteritis

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Excitant

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Fever

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Gastritis

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Liqueur

    Tradition: China

  • Malaria

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Medicine

    Tradition: Ghana

  • Preventitive(Rheumatism)

    Tradition: Elsewhere

  • Stomachic

    Tradition: Egypt

  • Tapeworm

    Tradition: Elsewhere

Chemicals

  • ASH

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 42000 to 103000

  • ASH

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 25000 to 105000

  • BORNEOL

    Plant part: Seed

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 750 to 9500

  • CARBOHYDRATES

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 278000 to 352000

  • CINEOLE

    Plant part: Seed

  • EO

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 3000 to 80000

  • FAT

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 20000

  • FAT

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 10000 to 20000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Fruit. Amount: 242000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Seed. Amount: 110000 to 170000

  • GINGEROL

    Plant part: Plant