Long Pepper
Piper longum
Also known as Indian long pepper
About Long Pepper
Long pepper (Piper longum), sometimes called Indian long pepper or pippali, is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Long pepper has a taste similar to, but is sweeter and more pungent than, its close relative Piper nigrum – from which black, green and white pepper are obtained. The fruit of the pepper consists of many minuscule fruits – each about the size of a poppy seed – embedded in the surface of a flower spike that closely resembles a hazel tree catkin. Like Piper nigrum, the fruits contain the compound piperine, which contributes to their pungency. Another species of long pepper, Piper retrofractum, is native to Java, Indonesia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Piper longum
- Genus
- Piper
- Family
- PIPERACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, Malacca Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- पिपली Pipli, पिप्पली
- 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
Piperaceae
Pepper family
Long Pepper belongs to the Piperaceae family.
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