SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Piper Nigrum
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Piperine, the pungent principle in pepper oleoresin, finds application in medicine, due to major functional properties like analgesic, anti-pyretic, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial.
NUTRIENT VALUE :
manganese, iron, dietary fiber, vitamin K etc.
CULINARY AND OTHER VALUES :
Pepper has preservative value and hence used in canning pickling, baking etc. Also used as final seasoning in dishes.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Pepper Powder
- Tamil : Kurumulagupodi
- Malayalam : Kurumulagupodi
- Telugu : Miriyaalu / Miriyala Tige / Savyamu
- Kannada : Menasina Kalu / Karimenasu / Ollemenasu / Menasu
- Hindi : Kalimirchi / Kada Mari
- Bengali : Goal Morich / Kala Morich
- Gujarati : Mari / Kadamari / Kalamari / Kalomirich / Golmirich / Kala-Mircha
- Konkani : Miriyakonu / Mirsang / Miire / Mirin
- Marathi : Mire / Kale Miri
- Oriya : Golmarich
- Punjabi : Kalimirchi
- Tulu : Eddae Munchi
- Kashmiri : Marutus
- Urudu : Kali Mirch / Siah Mirch
