Uda / Negro Pepper / Xylopia aethiopica

Uda or Negro pepper is also known as selim pepper, Sénégal pepper, kimba pepper, Mohrenpfeffer, kili pepper, Ethiopian pepper, Kanipfeffer, African pepper, kieng, Selimskörner, moor pepper, Guinea pepper, Negerpfeffer, kani pepper, Senegalpfeffer, Chimba, Eeru alamo, Hwentia pepper or whentia.

Uda is one of the main ingredients in making popular Igbo soups such as pepper soup, Isi ewu and Nkwobi. Negro pepper is also used for making the spicy black pepper sauce known as shito