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Piper nigrum is a perennial climbing shrub from Piperaceae family. Piper nigrum is native of the Indo-Malaysian region. Fruits of the piper (Filfil Siyāh) are used in Unani Medicine for the treatment of asthma, dyspepsia, piles, flatulence, skin diseases, respiratory diseases, toothache, fevers, and leukoderma. It is also used as carminative, liver...
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... pepper is a perennial climbing vine that grows well in the shadow under trees or other supporting structures (Fig. 1 a. & b.). The woody climbers that are glabrous can reach a height of 10 meters or more. The mature stem of the black pepper plant has 10-20 primary adventitious roots that grows from it. The vines are grown in a dimorphic form, with sympodial, plagiotropic fruiting branches. The growth of the orthotropic shoot is indeterminate, and lateral ...
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... Persian language it is called as Filfil Siyāh, it is a popular wild and mountain fruit, with black colour and pungent taste [17] . Black pepper is of two types i.e. Black pepper and White pepper [18] (Fig. 1 c. & d.). Fruits are borne in clusters and every cluster contains 10-20 grains which are called black pepper. The fruits are green and shriveled in the early stage and then turn black when dried [19] ...
