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Piper nigrum - Marica, Black pepper

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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.

Chemical Composition

[1]

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.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Paripinnate Oblong Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral

[2]

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

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

tropical, moist regions, hot regions.

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References

  1. ["Chemistry"]
  2. [ "Morphology"]
  3. [ "Cultivation detail"]

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