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The malagueta chile ( spelled “ mala ”), used in Brazilian cooking, is often confused with melegueta pepper ( spelled “ mele ”), also known as " grains of paradise ," a cardamom-like West African spice, Aframomum melegueta, from the Zingiberaceae ( ginger ) family.

Botanical and culinary writers have made the error of referring to the chilli as the African spice, thinking it to be one and the same.