Piper pedicellosum

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Piperaceae Edible: Leaves 9 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A subtropical climber or shrub in the Piperaceae family with edible leaves.

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Edible Uses

The leaves are edible.

Medicinal Uses

This species is related to P. Cubeba and is said to have similar uses. These uses are:- Cubeb is a bitter, antiseptic, stimulant herb with a pungent, turpentine-allspice aroma. Both the fruits and essential oil are used and have diuretic and expectorant effects whilst also improving digestion. The fruits contain a number of medically active compounds including an essential oil; a bitter principle (cubebin); an alkaloid (piperidine); resin and a fixed oil. The immature, dried fruits are used in the treatment of coughs, bronchitis, sinusitis, throat and genito-urinary infections, poor digestion and amoebic dysentery. Cubeb oil is antiseptic, carminative, diuretic and a stimulating expectorant. It is used as an ingredient of some throat lozenges.

Distribution

It is a subtropical plant.

Where It Grows

Asia, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India,

Cultivation

Very closely related to P. Cubeba and P. Ribesioides.

Notes

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

Synonyms

Cubeba neesii Miq.

Also Known As

Rer

References (1)

Murtem, G. & Chaudhrey, P., 2016, An ethnobotanical note on wild edible plants of Upper Eastern Himalaya, India. Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2016, v. 3, no. 5, p. 63-81