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Categories: Piper (genus), All articles needing additional references, Spices, Articles with 'species' microformats, Plants described in 1827
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Piper guineense  ashanti pepper  West African Pepper  Uziza Pepper  Benin pepper
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Spice derived from the dried fruit of Piper guineense; very similar to cubeb pepper but is much less bitter and has a fresher more herbaceous flavour. Open English WordNet
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Spice derived from the dried fruit of Piper guineense; very similar to cubeb pepper but is much less bitter and has a fresher more herbaceous flavour. Open English WordNet
Piper guineense is a West African species of Piper; the spice derived from its dried fruit is known as Ashanti pepper, Benin pepper, Edo pepper, false cubeb, Guinea cubeb, and called locally kale, kukauabe, masoro, etiñkeni, sasema, soro wisa, eyendo, eshasha by the Urhobo people, and oziza and uziza by the Igbo people of Nigeria. Wikipedia
Piper guineense another plant in genus Piper Wikipedia Disambiguation
Species of plant Wikidata
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Even in West Africa, Ashanti pepper is an expensive spice and is used sparingly. Open English WordNet
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