# African pepper

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'''African pepper''' is a name for several unrelated [pepper](/source/Black_pepper)-like [spice](/source/spice)s traded from the general region of [West Africa](/source/West_Africa):

* [Grains of paradise](/source/Grains_of_paradise) (''Aframomum melegueta'') from the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), also known as melegueta pepper, alligator pepper, Guinea grains, ''ossame'', ''fom wisa'', and (ambiguously) Guinea pepper
* [Grains of Selim](/source/Grains_of_Selim), seeds of the plant ''[Xylopia aethiopica](/source/Xylopia_aethiopica)'' from the custard apple family (Annonaceae), used primary as a spice, also known as Kani pepper, Senegal pepper, Ethiopian pepper, Moor pepper, Negro pepper, {{lang|fr|poivre de Sénégal}}, {{lang|wo|djar}}, {{lang|ak|hwentia}}, {{lang|ak|hwentea}}, {{lang|gaa|so}}, {{lang|dag|chimba}}, ''kimba'', ''kili'', and (ambiguously) Guinea pepper
* ''[Xylopia quintasii](/source/Xylopia_quintasii)'', a closely related source of grains of Selim, with larger seed pods
* ''[Piper guineense](/source/Piper_guineense)'' from the pepper family (Piperaceae), also known as West African pepper, Ashanti pepper, Benin pepper, false cubeb, Guinea cubeb, ''kale'', ''kukauabe'', ''masoro'', ''sasema'', ''soro wisa'', and ''uziza''

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