Piper retrofractum (Long Pepper)

Piper retrofractum green leaves on a woody vine close up botanical plant

Botanical names: Piper retrofractum, Chavica officinarum, Piper chaba, Piper officinarum

Common names: Long Pepper, Balinese Pepper

Family: Piperaceae

Origin: South East Asia

Large shrub 5-10 ft tallFull sunRegular waterSpice or herb plantEthnomedical plant.
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Dried mature unripe fruit are carminative, stomachic, antidiarrheal, oxytocic.

Long pepper, which tastes pungent and sweet at the same time, is more pungent than black pepper.

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