Guinea pepper
Guinea pepper is the name for several unrelated pepper-like spices traded from the general region of West Africa:
- Aframomum melegueta (grains of paradise) from the ginger family (Zingiberaceae)
- Piper guineense (West African pepper) from the pepper family (Piperaceae)
- Xylopia aethiopica (grains of Selim) from the custard apple family (Annonaceae)
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