Spices, peppers and chilis are used in cooking, including Aframomum melegueta seeds ( Guinea pepper ).
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The plant, Aframomum melegueta, is a short shrub that produces pods the size of figs, each containing 60 to 100 seeds, or grains.
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"' Paradol "'is the active flavor constituent of the seeds of Guinea pepper ( " Aframomum melegueta " or grains of paradise ).
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The seeds of Guinea pepper ( Aframomum melegueta; also called grains of paradise or melagueta pepper ), a plant indigenous to West Africa, are also widely used.
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Seeds of Guinea pepper ( " Aframomum melegueta "; also called grains of paradise or melagueta pepper ), a native West African plant, were used as a spice and even reached Europe, through North African middlemen, during the Middle Ages.
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There is also evidence for medicinal value for the seed pods of " Aframomum melegueta " in lowland gorillas'diets, which seem to have some sort of cardiovascular health benefit for lowland gorillas, and are a known part of the natural diets for many wild populations.
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The malagueta chile ( spelled " mala " ), used in Brazilian cooking, is often confused with melegueta pepper ( spelled " mele " ), also known as " grains of paradise ", a cardamom-like West African spice, " Aframomum melegueta ", from the Zingiberaceae ( ginger ) family.
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In 1469, King Afonso V of Portugal granted the monopoly of trade in the Gulf of Guinea to Lisbon merchant Fern�o Gomes, including the exclusive trade of " Aframomum melegueta ", then called " malagueta " pepper-which was granted by 100, 000 real-annually in exchange for exploring 100 miles of the coast of Africa a year for five years.
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