Piper argyrophyllum Miq.

 
  • Family : PIPERACEAE
    (Pepper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MIRCH FAMILY (काली मिर्च फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : PIPERACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Piper argyrophyllum Miq.
  • Vernacular name : Kattukurumulaku (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 25-11-2018
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1795, KFP 11758; HJCB-1831
  • Collection Locality : Chinnar WLS, Idukki district, Kerala
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Chinnar WLS, Idukki district, Kerala (not scanned)
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piper argyrophyllum. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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