- 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 IPNI) : Piper nigrum L.
- Vernacular name :
- Kattumulaku (Malayalam)
- Miriyalu (Telugu)
- Chai katho, Chanyee katho (Oria)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Evergreen -and Tropical 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piper trioicum. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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