Rhizome - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47605 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 139.01 PIPERACEAE Piper longum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Rhizome | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Rhizome | Geography Description | India | ||
| Uses | RhizomeUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 27 G 6 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | India Museum Date: 00/00/1880x0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Pipla-mul, or pepper root, when fresh is a fleshy, crooked and knotted root, about the size of a goose quill, with many smaller rootlets branching from it. The cortical portion is very thick, and covered by a thin smooth brown epidermis. Th, e central woody column is soft, and divided into from 4-6 wedge-shaped portions by from 4-6 very conspicuous medullary rays. The roots and thickest part of the creeping stems, when cut into small pieces and dried, form a considerable article of commerce a, ll over India, under the name of Pippula-moola; for which purpose it is particularly cultivated in many of the valleys amongst the Circar mountains. This sort is more esteemed and bears a high price than that of Bengal, where by far the largest portion is, cultivated. It, as well as the pepper, is chiefly employed medicinally, and the consumption of both of these drugs is very great. P.longum was formerly cultivated at Poway, near Bombay. It appears to grow well in gardens in Bombay, but requires plenty of, manure. | ||||