Piper sylvaticum Roxb.

 
  • Family : PIPERACEAE
    (Pepper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MIRCH FAMILY (काली मिर्च फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Piperaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Chavica sylvatica (Roxb.) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Piper sylvaticum Roxb.
  • Common name : Mountain Long Pepper
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Leaves and berries are used as vegetable; Fruits are used in medicine for carminative properties.
  • Key identification features : It is a herbaceous climber. Its leaves are light green and heart-shaped. Areas along the veins are dark-green. Its fruit are globose drupes.
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 327
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piper sylvaticum. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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