Piper LONGUM L.
| Synonym : | Chavica longa H.Karst. Chavica roxburghii Miq. Chavica sarmentosa Miq. |
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| Bangla Name : | Pipul, Pipla.,Bhuth-shan (Chakma). |
| English Name : | Long Pepper. |
| Family : | Piperaceae |
| Disease : | Carminative, stimulant, diuretic, digestive, expectorant, tonic, dyspepsia, coughs, colds, malaise, fever, pain , stomachic, carminative, anthelmintic, bronchitis, headache, sleeplessness, bronchitis and cough. |
| Description : | A much-branched, slender creeper, with erect flowering shoots. Leaves numerous, 6.3-9 cm long, lower ones broadly ovate, very cordate, upper ones oblong-oval, cordate at base, all subacute, entire, glabrous, petiole of the lower leaves 5-7.5 cm, of the upper leaves very short or none. Spikes solitary, pedunculate, male slender, long, female short, thick. Fruit very small, ovoid, completely sunk in solid fleshy spike, which is 2.5-3.8 cm, ovoid-oblong. |
| Distribution : | In shady floors of forest and village grove. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Fruits contain a pungent resin, essential oil, starch, alkaloids piperine, piperanine piplartine and two liquid alkaloids, triacontane, sesamin dihydrostigmasterol, piplasterol, sesquiterpenes, glycosides and sugars. Stems contain alkaloids, piperine. The |
| Uses : | Fruits are carminative, stimulant, diuretic, digestive, expectorant and tonic to the liver, used in the treatment of dyspepsia, coughs, colds, malaise, fever and pain in the joints, improves the appetite. The root is stomachic, carminative and anthelminti |
| Habit : | - |