Aframomum melegueta
Aframomum melegueta
K. Schum.
| Ordre | Zingiberales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Zingiberaceae |
| Genre | Aframomum |
2n =
Origine : Afrique de l'Ouest à Angola
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | maniguette |
|---|---|
| Anglais | melegueta pepper |
- épice (graines)
- médicinal
Sommaire
Description
fruits séchés et immatures (D. Lema Ngono)
fruits mûrs
Noms populaires
| français | graines de paradis, maniguette, melegueta ; poivre de Guinée (Antilles) |
| anglais | alligator pepper, grains-of-paradise, Guinea grains, Guinea pepper, melegueta pepper |
| allemand | Malagettapfeffer, Paradieskörner |
| espagnol | malagueta, melegueta, alguita, granos del paraíso |
| portugais | grão do paraíso, malagueta, pimenta da guiné |
| italien | maniguetta, meleguetta |
| arabe | جوزة السودان - ǧawz as-sudan, جوزة الشرق - ǧawz aš-šarq, tin al-fil |
Classification
Aframomum melegueta K. Schum. (1904)
synonyme :
- Amomum grana-paradisi L.( 1753) ("Gran. parad.")
- Amomum melegueta Roscoe (1827-1828)
- Aframomum grana-paradisi (L.) K.Schum. (1904)
Linné a écrit "Gran. parad.", mais il cite Bauhin (Pinax, 413) : Grana paradisi officinarum.
Cultivars
Histoire
Usages
Amomum granum-paradisi Linn. GRAINS OF PARADISE. African tropics. The seeds are made use of illegally in England to give a fictitious strength to spirits and beer, but they are not particularly injurious. [1] The seeds resemble and equal camphor in warmth and pungency. [2]
- ↑ Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 1:52. 1870.
- ↑ Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 842. 1879. (A. grandiflorum)
Amomum melegueta Rose. MELEGUETA PEPPER. African tropics. The seeds are exported from Guiana where the plant, supposed to have been brought from Africa, is cultivated by the negroes. The hot and peppery seeds form a valued spice in many parts of India and Africa.
In W Africa cultivated from Guinea, Sierra Leone through Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon to Angola. Through the slave-trade the species came to the Atlantic coast of South America, where it is cultivated in Guyana and Suriname. It is also grown in India. The aromatic seeds (grana paradisi, Guinea grains, grains of paradise, Paradieskörner), already in the 13th cent. an important article of trade in Europe, are used as spice and for medicinal purposes. The seeds serve the flavouring of food and drinks. Also the leaves and roots are used medicinally. The fruit pulp is utilized as a stimulant and the seed oil as a flavouring agent in perfumery.
Références
- Chauvet, Michel, 2018. Encyclopédie des plantes alimentaires. Paris, Belin. 880 p. (p. 782)
- Eyog Matig, O., Ndoye, O., Kengue, J. et Awono, A. (eds), 2006. Les Fruitiers Forestiers Comestibles du Cameroun. Rome, IPGRI, CIFOR, IRAD. XIV-204 p. Voir l'article
- Fleury, Marie, 1994. Impact de la traite des esclaves sur la phytogéographie : exemple chez les Aluku (Boni) de Guyane française. Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée, 36(1) : 113-137. doi:10.3406/jatba.1994.3537 ou Persée
- Harris, D.J. & Wortley, A.H., 2018. Monograph of Aframomum (Zingiberaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs, 104: 1-204.
- Harten, A. M. van, 1970. Melegueta pepper. Econ. Bot., 24 : 208-216.
- Lock, J. M. ; Hall, J. B. & Abbiw, D. K., 1977. The cultivation of melegueta pepper (Aframomum melegueta) in Ghana. Econ. Bot., 31 : 321-330.
- Lock, J. M., 1979. Taxonomy of cultivated African Zingiberaceae (p. 82-84). In: Taxonomic aspects of African economic botany, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. 250 p.
- Lock, J. M., 1980. Notes of Afromomum (Zingiberaceae) in West Africa, with a key to the species. Kew Bull., 35 : 299-313.
- Westphal, E. ; Mbouemboue, P. & Boyomo, M., 1980. A conspectus of spices in Cameroon. Miscellaneous Papers 19. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen Wageningen: 331-375.
