| Synonym : | Muldera multinervis Miq.
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| Bangla Name : | Golmarich, Kalimarich. |
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| English Name : | Black Pepper, Decorticated Pepper, Common Pepper. |
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| Family : | Piperaceae |
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| Disease : | Carminative, antiperiodic, rubefacient, stimulant, aphrodisiac, cough, cold, cholera, fevers, dyspepsia, constipation, piles, colic, gastric, ascites, anaemia, worms, asthma, sore throats, toothache and skin diseases. |
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| Description : | A stout, glabrous, long climber, stem terete, sparingly rooting, thickened at the nodes. Leaves coriaceous, 10-18 cm long, broadly ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Flowers in slightly interrupted glabrous spikes of variable length (5-15 cm). Fruit globose, 6 mm diam. or less, red when ripe. |
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| Distribution : | Cultivated in Sylhet. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | Major constituents of the fruits are alkaloids. They contain up to 9% alkaloids, which include chavicine, ?-methyl pyrroline, piperine, piperidine, depentine and piperovatine. They also contain a balsamic essential oil with ?-bisabolene, camphene, ?-caryo |
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| Uses : | Fruits are carminative, antiperiodic, rubefacient, stimulant and aphrodisiac, used for the treatment of cough and cold. It is also useful in the treatment of cholera, obstinate fevers, dyspepsia, constipation, piles, colic, gastric troubles, ascites, anae |
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| Habit : | Climber |
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