Taxon: Aframomum corrorima (A. Braun) P. C. M. Jansen

Summary

Genus:

Aframomum

Family:

Zingiberaceae

Subfamily:

Alpinioideae

Tribe:

Alpinieae

Nomen number:

462945

Place of publication:

Belmontia, N.S. 12:10. 1981 (Spices, condiments & medic. pl. Ethiopia, Agric. Res. Rep. 906:10. 1981)

Verified:

04/09/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Amomum corrorima A. Braun

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aframomum korarima (J. Pereira) Cout. ex Engl.
Amomum korarima J. Pereira

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Poulsen, A. D. & J. M. Lock. 1997. New species and new records of Zingiberaceae and Costaceae from tropical East Africa. Kew Bull. 52:601-616.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Ethiopian cardamom	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	false cardamom	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
English	korarima	1	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	cardamome d'Ethiopie	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	korarima	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
French	poivre d'Ethiopie	2	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania		PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda	w.	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia	w.	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan	s.w.	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea		PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia		PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia (w.), Sudan (s.w.)
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda (w.)

Cultivated
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia

Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Food additives	flavoring		PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=462945. Accessed 12 May 2026.