Piper attenuatum Buch.-ham. ex Wall.

Species

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Characteristics

Climbers. Stems obviously ridged and furrowed when dry, glabrous. Petiole 3-3.5 cm, shortest on leaves toward apex of stem, sparsely hispidulous; prophyll 3-7 mm; leaf blade ovate-orbicular or ovate, 8-11 × 5-8 cm, membranous, glandular, abaxially sparsely hispidulous, especially on veins, adaxially glabrous, base rounded to subcordate, usually truncate, rarely shortly tapered on apical leaves, symmetric or slightly oblique, apex cuspidate or mucronate; veins 7(-9), apical pair arising 0-5 mm above base, reaching leaf apex, others basal. Flowers monoecious. Spikes leaf-opposed. Male spikes 8-14 cm, slender; bracts oblong-obovate, apex rounded, ca. 2 × 0.6-1 mm, adnate to rachis, margin free, apex ± rounded. Stamens 2-4; filaments nearly as short as anthers; anthers ovoid. Female spikes 7-9 cm, to 18 cm in fruit; peduncle 5-8 mm; rachis sparsely hairy around ovaries; bracts shallowly cupular, ca. 3 × 1 mm, to 4 mm in fruit, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, distinct; stigmas 4 or 5, linear. Drupe drying black, ovoid to globose, ca. 3.5 mm in diam. Fl. Oct-Dec.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses gene source medicinal
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Therapeutic use Diuretics (root), Dysuria (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Gallbladder (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Counterirritant (unspecified)
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Images

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Distribution

Piper attenuatum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Malaysia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680505-1
WFO ID wfo-0001093488
COL ID 4J398
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Synonyms

Piper karok Chavica diffusa Chavica pseudomelamiris Piper attenuatum Piper diffusum Piper sirium Chavica melamiris