Piper longum L.

 
  • Family : PIPERACEAE
    (PEPPER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Piperaceae
  • Species : Piper longum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Piper longum L.
  • Common name : Indian Long Pepper
  • Vernacular name : Pipal (Hin.); Hippili (Kan.); Pippali (Tel.)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : July-January
  • Comments : Often cultivated on hills and also runs wild in damp and shady places in the valleys. The fruiting spikes are dried and used in medicine.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Koraput district, Khurda district, Balasore district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malayan tropics, Moluccas
  • Literature : Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Piper longum. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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