SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Piper Longum
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Medically, the fruit and roots are used for respiratory disease. Also used as counter irritant and analgesic for muscular pains and inflammation. Has carminative and haematinic properties.
NUTRIENT VALUE :
contains volatile oils, resin, alkaloids
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Used as a spice and finds application in pickles and preserves.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Pepper Long / Long Pepper
- Tamil : Tippili / Sirimulam
- Malayalam : Thippali
- Telugu : Tippili / Pippilu
- Kannada : Hippali / Hippalibali / Kuna / Modi
- Hindi : Pipli
- Bengali : Piplamore / Pipli / Pipool
- Gujarati : Pipli / Pipara
- Konkani : Pimpli
- Marathi : Pimpali / Peppar
- Oriya : Pippoli / Pipali
- Punjabi : Piplamul / Maghan
- Tulu : Ippuli
- Urudu : Pipul
