Piper thomsonii (C.DC.) Hook.f.

 
  • Family : PIPERACEAE
    (Pepper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MIRCH FAMILY (काली मिर्च फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Piperaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chavica thomsonii C.DC.; Chavica petiolata (C.DC.) C.DC.; Piper bavinum C.DC.; Piper malmoris Wall.; Piper petiolatum C.DC.; Piper punctulivenum C.DC.; Piper punctulivenum var. parvifolium C.DC.; Piper thomsonii var. microphyllum Y.C.Tseng; Piper thomsonii var. trichostigma Chaveer. & Sudmoon; Piper trichostigma (Chaveer. & Sudmoon) Suwanph. & Chantar.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Piper thomsonii (C.DC.) Hook.f.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Key identification features : Semi-woody climbers or twiners, 5-7 m long; rooting at nodes; Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, membranous; Spikes subglobose or cylindric; Berries bluish black.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 327-328
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piper thomsonii. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

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