Mu muryango mugari kandi utandukanye wa Zingiberaceae, igihingwa kimwe kigaragara kubera uburyohe bwihariye n’imiti y’imiti: Aframomum melegueta, bakunze kwita ibinyampeke bya paradizo cyangwa urusenda rwa alligator. Ibi birungo bihumura neza, bikomoka muri Afrika yuburengerazuba, byakoreshejwe ibinyejana byinshi muguteka gakondo nyafurika ndetse no mubuvuzi bwa rubanda.

Nimbuto ntoya, yijimye isa na peppercorn, Aframomum melegueta yongeramo ibirungo byiza, citrusi kumasahani, itanga umwirondoro udasanzwe utandukanya nibindi birungo bizwi cyane. Imbuto zikunze gutekwa cyangwa gutekwa mbere yo kongerwaho isupu, isupu, na marinade, aho zirekura uburyohe bwazo, bushyushye, kandi busharira gato.

Chef Marian Lee, umuhanga mu bumenyi bw'ikirere uzwi cyane mu guteka muri Afurika, agira ati: “Ibinyampeke bya paradizo bifite uburyohe butangaje kandi butangaje bushobora gushyuha no kugarura ubuyanja.” Ati: "Bongeyeho ibirungo bitandukanye bihuza neza n'ibiryo biryoshye kandi biryoshye."

Usibye gukoresha ibiryo, Aframomum melegueta nayo ihabwa agaciro kumiti yayo. Abavuzi gakondo b'Abanyafurika bakoresheje ibirungo mu kuvura indwara zitandukanye, harimo indwara zifungura igifu, umuriro, ndetse no gutwika. Ubushakashatsi bugezweho bwerekanye ko igihingwa kirimo ibintu byinshi birimo antioxydants, anti-inflammatory, na mikorobe.

Nubwo muri Afurika ikunzwe cyane, ibinyampeke bya paradizo byakomeje kutamenyekana mu bihugu by’iburengerazuba kugeza mu gihe cyagati, igihe abacuruzi b’i Burayi bavumbuye ibirungo mu bushakashatsi bwabo ku nkombe za Afurika y’iburengerazuba. Kuva icyo gihe, Aframomum melegueta yamenyekanye buhoro buhoro nk'ibirungo by'agaciro, hamwe n'ibisabwa byiyongereye mu myaka yashize bitewe n'uko abantu bashishikajwe no guteka ku isi ndetse n'imiti gakondo.

Mugihe isi ikomeje kuvumbura inyungu nyinshi za Aframomum melegueta, ibyamamare byayo nibisabwa kwiyongera. Nuburyohe bwihariye, imiti yubuvuzi, nakamaro kayo mumateka, ibi birungo bidasanzwe bizakomeza kuba intandaro yo guteka muri Afrika ndetse no ku isi mu binyejana byakurikiyeho.

Ukeneye ibisobanuro birambuye kuri Aframomum melegueta nibisabwa bitandukanye, sura urubuga rwacu kuri www.aframomum.org cyangwa ubaze ububiko bwibiribwa bwihariye bwaho kugirango ubone icyitegererezo cyibi birungo bidasanzwe.