Piper dravidii Lekhak, Kambale & S.R.Yadav

 
  • 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 IPNI) : Piper dravidii Lekhak, Kambale & S.R.Yadav
  • Common name : Dravid's Pepper
  • Habit : Climber
  • Key identification features : Branched evergreen woody climber; Stems round, hairless, rooting at nodes; Leaves leathery, lance-shaped-ovate, oblique at base, pointed at tip, margin entire, hairless, upper surface green, lower surface glaucous, gland-dotted; Inflorescence catkin, leaf-opposed, solitary, drooping; Fruit drupe, spherical, stalkless, green when young, orange when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : January- December
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature :
    • Photograph of Dinesh Valke
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piper dravidii. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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