Alligator pepper (Aframomum melegueta) is a popular West African spice and is highly valuable as a result of its health benefits. Its other names are hepper pepper, mbongo spice, Afrika kakulesi, melegueta pepper, ginny papper, Guinea pepper, or atare in Yorubaland. The skin of the fruit has a close similarity with the back of an alligator, hence the origin of its name....