Piper longum Linn. Family: Piperaceae
Assamese: Pipoli
Bengali : Pipul পিপুল,
Pipool
Chinese: 荜拔 bì bá
English : Long pepper
French: Poivrier long
German: Bengalischer Pfeffer, Jaborandi-Pfeffer, Langer
Pfeffer, Stangenpfeffer
Gujarati : Pipara, Gantoda, Ganthoda, પીપલી
Hindi : Pipara, Pipli पीपलि
Hungarian : Bengáli bors
Indonesian: cabe puyung – currently used mostly in
natural medicines (Jamu) in Indonesia, Cabe jawa
Italian: pepe di Marisa, pepe lungo
Kannada : Modikaddi, Hippali ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ, Tippali ತಿಪ್ಪಲಿ,
Modi
Konkani Pimpli
Malayalam : Kattuthippali, Tippali
Marathi : Pimpli पिम्प्लि
Oriya : Pippali, Bana Pippali
Polish: Pieprz długi
Portugues: Pimenta-longa
Punjabi : Pippali, Magha,
Darrilfilfil, Maghan
Russian: Перец длинный
Sanskrit: Granthika, ग्रन्धिक,
Pipli पीपलि
Tamil : Tippili, திபபிலி,
Ampu அம்பு, Arisi
thippili அரிசித் திப்பிலி, Adimarundu ஆதிமருந்து
Telugu : Pippallu పిప్పళ్ళు,
Thai: ดีปลี
dipli
Tibetan: པི་པི་ལིང་།
pipiling
Tulu: Ippuli
Turkey: Uzun biber
Urdu : Filfil Daraz, Pippal, پپلی Pipli,
پیپل Pipul
Vietnamese: tiêu lốt
Ayurvedic uses: Sula, Arsha, Gulma, Hikka, Kasa, Krimi, Kshya, Kushta, Pliha roga, Prameha, Swasa, Thrushna, Ama vata, Udara roga, Amadosha, Jvara. The root is plungent, hot, stomachic, laxative, anthelmintic and carminative. The fruit is sweetish, pungent, hot, stomachic, aphrodisiac, alterative, laxative, antidysenteric, emmenagogue, abortifacient, diuretic and tonic. The essential oil is antimicrobial and
anthelmintic. N-isobutyl-deca-trans-2-trans-4-dienamide is antitubercular. Piperine is hypotensive, antipyretic, analeptic, and nerve stimulant.
Fruits—used for diseases of the respiratory tract (cough, bronchitis, asthma); as sedative (in insomnia and epilepsy); as cholagogue (in obstruction of bile duct and bladder), as emmenagogue, as digestive, appetizer and carminative (in indigestion); as general tonic and haematinic (in anaemia, chronic fevers and for improving intellect). Applied locally on muscular pains and inflammations.
Indigestion, colic, amenorrhoea, chills due to menstrual disorders, malaria, headache, muscle stiffness, tingling and numbness, paresis and paralysis. (Medicinal Plants of Myanmar)
Sidha Uses: Suvaiyinmai, Iraippu, Irumal, Aiyappini, Kan Kaadu Mookku noygal
anthelmintic. N-isobutyl-deca-trans-2-trans-4-dienamide is antitubercular. Piperine is hypotensive, antipyretic, analeptic, and nerve stimulant.
Fruits—used for diseases of the respiratory tract (cough, bronchitis, asthma); as sedative (in insomnia and epilepsy); as cholagogue (in obstruction of bile duct and bladder), as emmenagogue, as digestive, appetizer and carminative (in indigestion); as general tonic and haematinic (in anaemia, chronic fevers and for improving intellect). Applied locally on muscular pains and inflammations.
Indigestion, colic, amenorrhoea, chills due to menstrual disorders, malaria, headache, muscle stiffness, tingling and numbness, paresis and paralysis. (Medicinal Plants of Myanmar)
Sidha Uses: Suvaiyinmai, Iraippu, Irumal, Aiyappini, Kan Kaadu Mookku noygal
Piper longum was mentioned in Aranya Kanda of Ramayana
131 Published article list of Piper longum
