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Piper longum

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Long Pepper
• Lahare Pan (Nepali)
• Pipla (Nepali)
• Pipi (Newari)
• Yakham (Rai)
• Murjhanga (Tharu)
• Pi-pi-ling (Tibetan)
• Bi ba (Pinyin)
• Pipla (India)
• Nga-yok-kaung (Myanmar)
• Peik-chin (Myanmar)
• Pipul (Bangladesh)
• Indian Long Pepper
• Bhuth-shan

Geographical Habitats

• SE to SW Yunnan-China
• Kerala-India
• Nepal
• Sri Lanka
• Vietnam
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest.

Flowering Times

• Jul-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Nov to Dec

Dioecious shrubby twiner with glabrous stems, leaves 100mm x 30mm glabrous above finely pubescent on nerves beneath, pubescent inflorescen 35mm long male spike to 55mm long x 3mm with bracts to 1.5mm diameter, female spike to 15mm with bracts to 0.9mm diameter, 1.5mm greenish flowers, fruit a red drupe to 2mm diameter, fine pubescence when young, male spike to 50mm, female spike to 25mm

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• USNH
• F indochine
• Tanziman Ara