Guinea pepper

Guinea pepper is the name for several unrelated pepper-like spices traded from the general region of West Africa:

• Aframomum melegueta (grains of paradise) from the ginger family (Zingiberaceae)
• Piper guineense (West African pepper) from the pepper family (Piperaceae)
• Xylopia aethiopica (grains of Selim) from the custard apple family (Annonaceae)