Uziza, also called Ashanti pepper, Benin pepper, Edo pepper or oziza, is a spice derived from the dried fruit of Piper guineense, a West African species of pepper plant closely related to cubeb pepper and a relative of black pepper and long pepper. Its grains are smaller, smoother and more prolate spheroid in shape than cubeb pepper, generally bear a reddish tinge, and grow on distinctly curved stalks rather than the straight stalks of cubeb pepper.
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These are native to topical regions of Central and Western Africa and are semi-cultivated in countries such as Nigeria where the leaves, known as uziza, are used as a flavouring for stews.
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These are native to topical regions of Central and Western Africa and are semi-cultivated in countries such as Nigeria where the leaves, known as uziza, are used as a flavouring for stews.
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