Family: Piperaceae
Sanskrit: Krushna
English: Brazilian pepper
Malayalam: Brazilian Thippaly
An erect shrub, 1.5-2 m in height, stem puts forth numerous aerial roots that go and penetrate rot-causing the soil. Water stagnation is not detrimental as long as the shoot is above water level. Due to its affinity for fresh water, it can be used only with irrigation
Leaf Arrangement
Lanceolate
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Margin-Entire | Venation-Cross venulated |
Useful plant parts:
Root, seed
Medicinal uses:
The plant has been found immune to the foot rot causing fungus Phytophthora capsici and resistant to nematodes that cause root knots in black pepper. It is quite compatible with black pepper and hence used as a rootstock for black pepper grafting.
In traditional systems of medicine, including Ayurveda, Siddha, and traditional Chinese medicine, Piper colubrinum has been used for its various therapeutic properties. Here are some of its traditional uses:
Chemical contents:
Piperlongumine, peppeyartin, peppering
Propagation :
By cuttings or seeds. Seeds have to be fresh while sowing since viability is low. Seeds sown in sand germinate readily and after four leaf stages can be transferred to bags filled with any suitable potting mixture. Cuttings with 3 nodes if kept in poly bags with any medium will root within a week. When cuttings are taken, collect cuttings only from the main shoot and avoid lateral branches that bear fruits, since grafts on such shoots tend to fail quickly. Shoots with olive green or dark green color only should be used and those having yellow, brown, or discoloration must be avoided. It takes about five months to reach the grafting stage after transplanting seedlings or planting cuttings when a height of 50 cm or above is reached. Grafting at 50 cm height is needed to avoid splashing of soil, debris, etc. that contain fungal spores to the pepper vine and also to have more aerial roots growing into the ground. Since the plant is shade-loving, rootstock materials are to be raised under shade nets or houses with 50 percent shade and watered daily.
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