Piper longum
Piper longum
Author : L.
Family : Piperaceae

Habit:Scandent shrub
Sanskrit: Pippali, Magadhi
English: Indian long pepper, Long pepper
 
Description
A slender, aromatic sub-shrub, with prostrate or ascending shoots, perennial woody roots, ovate, cordate leaves, cylindrical, yellow, erect spikes, males longer and slender, and yellowish-orange, ovoid fruiting spike.
Useful part

Root, dried spikes
Medicinal Uses
Stomach pains, spleen disorders, asthma, bronchitis, hiccough, diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, consumption, stomach disorders, epilepsy, fevers, gonorrhoea, bleeding, chronic sinusitis, amoebiasis, chronic bronchitis, cough, cold, rheumatism, liver disorders, male infertility
Major chemical constituents

Piperlongumine, piperlonguminine, isobutylamide of piperic acid, n-hexadecane, n-heptadecane, n-octadecane, n-nonadecane, n-eicosane, n-heneicosane, α-thujene, terpinolene, zingiberene, p-cymene, p-methoxy acetophenone, traces of dihydrocarveol, phenylethyl alcohol, two sesquiterpenes, piperine, piplartine, triacontane, dihydro-stigmasterol, reducing sugars, glycosides, sesamin, methyl-3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate, piperine, sesamin, caryophyllene, d-sesamin, pipernonaline, piperundecalidine, sylvatin, sesamin, diaeudesmin