Herbarium JCB

Piper trioicum Roxb.

Family : PIPERACEAE
(Pepper Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KALI MIRCH FAMILY (काली मिर्च फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : PIPERACEAE
Synonym(s) : Piper attenuatum Buch.-Ham.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
Vernacular name : Kattumulaku (Malayalam); Miriyalu (Telugu); Chai katho, Chanyee katho (Oria)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Evergreen -and moist deciduous forests
Comments / notes : Common on hills above 1000m, epiphytic on shola trees and damp valleys
Flower, Fruit : August-May
Collection Nos : HFP 246
Collection Locality : Shiradi ghat (Hassan dist.)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Puri district, Bolangir district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Theni district
Native : India
World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
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 trioicum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.