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Piper mullesua
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper mullesua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 20. 1825; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 338. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 388. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 306. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 259. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 63. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 339. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 267. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 290. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 264. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 556. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 418. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 688. 2009.
Piper brachystachyum Wall. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 87. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1206(844). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 231. 1988.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattukurumulagu, Kattuthippali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Wild pepper
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Description:
Slender climbers; branches often clustered. Leaves simple, alternate, to 9 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate at apex, acute at base, 3-5 ribbed from base, secondary nerves prominent, glabrous. Female spike to 7 x 4 mm, erect, oblong; peduncle 3 mm long; male spike to 4 cm long, erect, slender; bracts peltate, orbicular; stamens 3; stigmas 3, spreading. Berry 1.5 mm across, red.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular and north east India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-2400
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Localities:
Kallar, Pandimotta, Olikkudy, Puthussery, Moozhiar, Pooppara, Kadalar, Damsite, Chembotti, Maniyaar, Kakki hills, Chandanathode, Kanthaloor forests, Portland, Athirumala, Attayar
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