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Xylopia aethiopica

(African Grains of Selim)

Common Names

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Common Names in Arabic:

Fulful Al-Sudan, Fulful As-Sudan, Hab Al-Zelim, Hab Az-Zelim, فلفل السودان, فُلْفُل السُّودَان

Common Names in English:

African Grains of Selim, Ethiopian Pepper, Ethiopian-Pepper, Grains of Selim, Kani Pepper, Moor Pepper, Negro Pepper, Negro-Pepper, Senegal Pepper, Spicetree

Common Names in Estonian:

Etioopia Ksüloopia, Etioopia Ksüloopia

Common Names in French:

Graine De Sélim De L´ethiopie, Graines De Sélim, Graines De Selim, Kili, Piment Noir De Guinée, Piment Noir De Guinée, Poivre De Guinée, Poivre De Sénégal, Poivre Du Sénégal, Sélim

Common Names in German:

Kanipfeffer, Mohrenpfeffer, Negerpfeffer, Selimskörner, Selimskörner, Senegalpfeffer

Common Names in Greek:

Afrikaniko Piperi

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Afrikaniko Piperi, Afrikánikó Pipéri, Αφρικάνικό πιπέρι

Common Names in Hungarian:

Arabbors, Borsfa

Common Names in Italian:

Pepe Di Guinea

Common Names in Korean:

크실로피아, Keu Sil Lo Pi A, Keu-Sil-Ro-Pi-A, Kusillipia

Common Names in Polish:

Pieprz Murzyski, Pieprz Murzyński

Common Names in Portuguese:

Cabella, Malagueta De Guiné, Malagueta-De-Guiné, Malagueta-Preta, Pimenta-Da-áfrica, Pimenta-Da-áfrica, Pimenta-Do-Congo

Common Names in Russian:

Кумба перец, Мавританский перец, Kumba Perec, Kumba Perets, Mavritanskij Perec, Mavritanskij Perets

Common Names in Spanish:

Maniguete, Pimienta De Etiopía, Pimienta De Guinea, Pimienta De Los Negros

Common Names in Yoruba:

Eeru, Eerunje, Olorin

Description

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,782 meters (0 to 5,846 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Annona aethiopica (Dunal) Steud.
  2. Habzelia aethiopica /i> (Dunal) A. Dc.
  3. Unona aethiopica Dunal
  4. Uvaria aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.
  5. Xylopia dekeyzeriana De Wild.
  6. Xylopia eminii Engl.
  7. Xylopia gilletii De Wild.
  8. Xylopia undulata P. Beauv.
  9. Xylopicrum aethiopicum (Dunal) Kuntze

Notes

Publishing author : Steud. Publication : Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 (Steudel) 2: 737 1841 Publishing author: A.DC. Publication: Mem. Anon. 31 Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Johnson D. M. & Murray N. A. in prep.

Place of publication: R. de la Sagra, Hist. phys. Cuba, Bot. Pl. vasc. 53. 1841

Name verified on 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Nov-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Xylopia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 182 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

X. acunae · X. acutiflora · X. aethiopica (African Grains of Selim) · X. africana · X. altissima · X. amazonica · X. ambanjensis · X. amoena · X. amplexicaulis · X. ardua · X. arenaria · X. aromatica (Pegrekoe Pisi (Surinam)) · X. aurantiiodora · X. barbata · X. batesii · X. beananensis · X. bemarivensis · X. benthami · X. benthamii · X. benthamii var. dolichopetala · X. blancoi · X. bocatorena · X. brasiliensis · X. buxifolia · X. calophylla · X. calosericea · X. calycina · X. capuronii · X. carninativa · X. caudata · X. cayennensis (Red Koyama (Guyana)) · X. championii · X. chivantinensis · X. chocoensis · X. chrysophylla · X. collina · X. columbiana · X. congolensis · X. conjungens · X. coriifolia · X. crinita · X. cupularis · X. cuspidata · X. danguyella · X. decidua · X. degeneri · X. dehiscens · X. densiflora · X. densifolia · X. dibaccata · X. dicarpa · X. dielsii · X. discreta (Pegrekoe (Surinam)) · X. egleriana · X. ekmanii · X. elliotii · X. elliptica · X. emarginata · X. emarginata var. duckei · X. excellens · X. fananehanensis · X. ferruginea · X. ferruginea var. oxyantha · X. flamignii · X. flexuosa · X. fructescens · X. frutescens (Pegrekoe (Surinam)) · X. frutescens var. ferruginea · X. fusca · X. ghesquiereana · X. gilbertii · X. glauca · X. hastarum · X. humbertii · X. humblotiana · X. hypolampra · X. hypolampsa · X. involucrata · X. katangensis · X. katangensis gillardinii · X. laevigata · X. lamarckii · X. lamii · X. lanceola · X. lanceolata · X. langsdorffiana · X. langsdorfiana · X. lastelliana · X. latipetala · X. le-testui · X. le-testui var. longepilosa · X. lemurica · X. lenombe · X. ligustrifolia · X. longicuspis · X. longifolia · X. maccreae · X. maccreai · X. macrantha (Large-Flowered Xylopia) · X. madagascariensis

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 29, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 370.380 meters (1,215.157 feet), Standard Deviation = 406.280 based on 39 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009