662 



A sample of the whole pods from S. Nigeria and a sample of 



gumea grains " from the Gold Coast, examined at the Imperial 

 Institute, were found to be in good condition, but it vvas stated 

 that the demand at the time (1912) for seeds was limited (Col. 

 Rep. Ann. No. 778, 1913, p. 38). 



The seeds of this species and of A. Melegueta are indistin- 

 guishable, both being aromatic, brown and about -\ or -^^ in. 

 diameter; but the fruit in this species is sulcate, in the other 

 not sulcate. 



4-5 



division 



of the roots ; but rarely cultivated. 

 Ref, — See under A, Ilelegueta. 



Amomum latifolimn, Afzel-, M. Trop. Afr. VII. p. 305, 



Vernac. name. — Mabooboo (Sierra Leone, Daniell, Hill). 



Niger Delta, Grand Bassa, Sierra Leone, Nyanza. 



Pith surrounding the seed chewed before the seed is ripe, 

 the juice said to possess sustaining quahties, Kavirondo, Nyanza 

 (Ainsworth, Herb. Kew). 



Leafy stems 4-5 ft. long. 



Amomum Melegueta, Rose. ; FL Trop. Afr. VIL p. 303. 



,111. — -Eoscoe, Scitamineae, t. 98; Pereira, Mat. Med. ii. 

 pp. 1131, ff. 235-239; Bentl. & Trimen, Med. PL t. 268; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5987 (var. minor) ; Johnston, Liberia, i. j). 58 {Aframo7num 

 Melegueta), 



Vernac. names. — Chitta (Hausa, Dalziel) ; Attahre (Yoruba, 



Daniell) ; Alligator 



Paradise 



Melegueta 



Yoruba, Ikure, in S. Nigeria; Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, 

 Fernando Po, and probably most parts of West Africa. 



Seeds imported as a spice — see under A. Granum-Paradisi 

 in bags of about IJ cwt. Liverpool (Hilher, Kew Bull. 1913, 



p. 85). 



stems 4r-5 ft, seen 3 ft. flowers pink 



Herb. Kew). Wild in certain parts of the forests of the Ivory 

 Coast and Liberia and cultivated for the " Meleguette " ou 

 " Graine de Paradis '' in French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra 

 Leone and Lower Dahomey (Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Nat. d'Accl. 

 France, 1912, p. 317 — Aframomum Melegueta), May be 

 propagated by seeds or rhizomes. 



Ref. — " On the fruit of Amomum Melegueta,'' Pereira, in 



Pharm. Journ. vi. 1847, pp. 412-419, ''Amomum Granum- 



paradisi, Grain of Paradise or Mellegetta Pepper," Pharm. Journ. 



192-1 



cc 



Africa 



Daniell, in Pharm. Journ. xiv. 1855, pp. 312-318, pp. 356-363; 



xvi. 1857, pp. 465-472, pp. 511-517. " Grains of Paradise or 



Melegueta," in Spices, Ridley, pp. 320-323 (Macmillan & Coi 

 Ltd. London, 1912). . 



