Pipli / Long Pepper
Piper longum
Also known as Indian Long Pepper
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Piper longum
- Genus
- Piper
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, Malacca Islands
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Piperaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Piperaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पिपली Pipli,पिप्पली pippali
- Nepali
- पिप्ला Piplaa, गज पिप्ला Gaj Piplaa, पिपला
- Bengali
- পিপুল
- Tamil
- திப்பிலீ Tippili, திப்பிலி
- Telugu
- Pippallu, పిప్పలి
- Kannada
- ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ Hippali, ತಿಪ್ಪಲಿ Tippali, ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ
- Malayalam
- തിപ്പലീ Tippali, തിപ്പലി
- Marathi
- लेंडपिंपळी Lendpimpali, पिंपळी Pimpli, पिंपळी
About Pipli
Long Pepper (Piper longum) is an undershrub belonging to the Piperaceae family (Pepper family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple leaves, spike flower clusters, drupe on spike fruit. It is typically found in semi-evergreen and evergreen and moist deciduous forests. It occurs across Indo-Malesia, Malacca Islands. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during August-January. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Piperaceae
Pepper family
Pipli belongs to the Piperaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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