''Aframomum daniellii'', also known as African cardamom, is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family,

Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical ...

. It was first described by

Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Ro ...

, and got its current name from

Karl Moritz Schumann Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. ...

Range

''Aframomum daniellii'' is found in West tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Central African Republic, south to Angola.

Use

''A. daniellii'' is traditionally used as a spice in the regions of Africa it is native. The plant is also used for medicinal purposes as a laxative, anti-parasitic, and to fight other microbial infections.

References

H.G.A.Engler (ed.), 1904 ''In: Pflanzenr. , IV, 46: 218'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q15318106 daniellii