Taxon: Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.

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Common names:

• Ethiopian-pepper   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) – English
  
• negro-pepper   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• spicetree   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) – English
  
• poivre de Guinée   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Mohrenpfeffer   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• malagueta-de-Guiné   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• maniguete   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pimienta de Guinea   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Use Pl WT Afr)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Use Pl WT Afr; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Gabon; Sao Tome and Principe; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Mozambique; Zambia

References:

• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Xylopia aethiopica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Xylopia aethiopica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Xylopia aethiopica.

Check other web resources for Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.:

• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit and seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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