Pepper Long / Long Pepper

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