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Piper nigrum var. hirtellosum
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper nigrum L. var. hirtellosum Asokan & Ravindran, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 10: 167. 1987; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 168. 1999.
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Description:
Robust shrubby climbers, stems terete, glabrous with profuse foliage. Leaves alternate, 7.0-18.0 x 3.0-10.0 cm, broadly ovate-elliptic, coriaceous and glabrous on both sides, apex acuminate, base almost unequal and oblique, obtuse or cordate sometimes, prominently ribbed, commonly 3 or often 2 pairs of lateral ribs, more conspicuous on the dorsal side, the basal pairs almost opposite and the anterior-most one generally alternate; petiole 1.2-2.5 cm long, glabrous and furrowed; stipules lanceate about 1.5 cm long, glabrous and deciduous. Spikes drooping, 5.0-17.0 cm long, peduncle glabrous except for one or two strips of hairs; bracts adnate to rachis, upper part-cup-like, with a decurrent base, hirtellous on the outer side. Flowers more or less distantly distributed, having a single spherical ovary, about ± 0.2 cm long, astylocarpellous with 3-4 papillate stigmatic lobes. Fruit a drupe, spherical, mature one about 0.7 cm in diameter, pungent turns red when ripe; seed single, globose with floury endosperm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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