
Piperaceae FAMILY
Piper ribesioides
Piper ribesioides
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Climber
Growth—
Very closely related to P. Cubeba and P. Pedicellosum.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Piper+ribesioides>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
- [2]Flora of Peninsula Malaysia — http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my ↩︎In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants.
- [3]Chilli wood, pepper wood Piper ribesioides Wall., Piper interruptum Opiz — Dorothy Culloty · http://www.foodfromnorthernlaos.com/2010/08/10/chilli-wood/ ↩︎Information on the use of Piper ribesioides and Piper interruptum in cooking in N. Laos
- [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
- [5]Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. — Bown. D. · Dorling Kindersley, London. · 1995 · ISBN 0-7513-020-31 ↩︎A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.
- [6]The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants — Chevallier. A. · Dorling Kindersley. London · 1996 · ISBN 9-780751-303148 ↩︎An excellent guide to over 500 of the more well known medicinal herbs from around the world.
- [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎