Piper nepalense Miq.

 
  • Family : PIPERACEAE
    (Pepper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MIRCH FAMILY (काली मिर्च फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Piperaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chavica suipigua (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Miq.; Piper gamblei C.DC.; Piper gammiei C.DC.; Piper sikkimense C.DC.; Piper subrigidilimbum C.DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Warm and Cool broad-leaved forests; 900 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate, 8 - 15 cm, shortly acuminate; petioles 8 - 14mm; fruiting spikes 9 - 13 cm; drupes ovoid, 5 - 6 mm, sessile
  • Flower, Fruit : May-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nepal to China (West Yunnan) and Bangladesh
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 210
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 350
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 323
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piper nepalense. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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