Piper pedicellosum

Wall.

PiperaceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are edible.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant.

Asia, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

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

How to Grow

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

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.

Notes

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

Names & Synonyms

Rer

Cubeba neesii Miq.

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