Piper nigrum - Marica, Black pepper

Black pepper

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning, known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully mature, it is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter and dark red, and contains a single seed, like all drupes. Black pepper is native to Kerala in Southwestern India and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. Vietnam is the world's largest producer and exporter of pepper, producing 34% of the world's P. nigrum crop as of 2013.

Uses

Improves Digestion, vitiligo, skin disease, Peptic Ulcers, Asthma, Indigestion.

Parts Used

Seeds, leaves.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Eddemunchi, eddemunci, kaalu menasu, karee menasu
Hindi	chocamirch, filfilgird
Malayalam	cattu-molagoi, kolakam, kuru-milagu, kuru-mulaka
Tamil	aguttam, akuttam, alar2, alarkay, alarkaycceti, alarmancal, alivaliyanmani
Telugu	maarichamu, maricamu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	cavyam, dhanwantari, dharmapattana
English	Black pepper, Madagascar pepper

Properties

Reference:Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Paripinnate	Oblong	Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	pink		Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
oblong pod	Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled			seeds upto 5	Fruiting throughout the year

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Aṣṭāṇgāvaleha

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

tropical, moist regions, hot regions.

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