Piperaceae FAMILY
Piper retrofractum
Piper retrofractum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Javanese long pepper is an evergreen climbing shrub producing stems 2 - 4 metres tall. The plant is gathered from the wild for mainly local use as a condiment and medicinal herb. The plant is cultivated in parts of India[ 240 Title Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Publication Author Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Publisher Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Year 1986 ISBN - Description Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Indo-China.
HabitatThickets at low elevations[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ].