Piper longum Pippal Pepper Long Pippalimula Pippali Pipal Thippili Pippali

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Piper longum

Scientific Name and Description

Piper longum L

Herb Family

Piperaceae

Plant type

Shrub

Plant Synonyms

Chavica roxburghii MIQ.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	Pipli, Peeper; Urdu-Pipal,gazpipal, pimpli, pipal, pipal mal, pipar, piplamul, pipli, pipli-mool, pipulmul
English	Long pepper
Oriya	Baidehi
Konkani	Pipli
Kannada	Hippali, hipli, hippali, hippali balli, hippaliballi, ippali, kuna, kuna balli, modi, thippali balli, tippali, tippall, tippili, yippali, yippilli
Gujarati	Pipar, Piparimul
Telugu	Pippalu, Pippali,modi, pappelu pippallu, peppelu pippallu, pipili, pippali, pippali katte, pippali-katte, pippallu, pippuloo
Tamil	Tipili, Pippilli,a, akaci, akari, alakalunku, alakalunku, alakaman, amirtai, amirutai, ampinati, ampu, ampu, arakanti, arake, argadi, aricitippili, arippalam, arisi thippili, ariyantippilli, ariyapalam, ariyappalam, arkali, arkati, arke, arkki, arsithippili, arttikam, atcatti, ati maruntu, atimaruntu, atti, atti, attikatiyam, calani, calani, calini, camilaki, camilakikam, camivaci, canam, capala, capalai, capalatikam, caram, caram, catalam, catevi, cati, cati, catikam, caucanti, caunti, cauntikam, cavikam, cavuntai, cavuntakam, cavuntam, cavunti, cavvantam, cayalati, cayini, cayinikam, cayulati, cayutai, cemmai, ceruppatai, cilerpananaci, cilettumanaci, cilettumanacini, cilettumattukkati, cincatai, civalokatti, cukkumatantulam, cukkumattantulam, dippili, ekalakikam, ekam, ekavacam, elivari, erantai, eranti, etakam, etam, eytumalan, inkai, irattai, kakari, kakattiruppi, kalidi, kalini, kaliti, kallni, kamam, kaman, kamanam#, kamanam, kamanpuli, kana, kanai, kanam, kanamekampokki, kanamuli, kanavatai, kanna, kanna, kannatam, kantankanam, kantat-tippili, kantumulam, kati, kattitosana, kattu-t-tippili, kattuttippilikkodi, kavarkulikam, keccarutti, kindigam, kintikam, kirandigam, kirantikam, kirantiver, kirauncatanam, kirayantam, kirumanisattini, kirupantikam, kirusnam, kiruttinam, kiruttinatantulam, kittinacaram, kittinan, kola, kolagam, kolaiarukki, kolaiyarukki, kolaiyarukkuncuran, kolakam, kolakam, koli, koli, kolikam, kotittippili, kulam, kulam, kutari, magadi, makati, makati , makati , malayaviretam, milagu, modi, moti, motiver, mukattamancari, mukayi, narukkuttippili, narukkuveru, natikantai, palappiratikam, palappiratitam, palappiretam, palappiretam, panam, panam , pili , pipili, pippalai, pippali , pippili, pippili , piranciyapalam, pirapalam, potakam , ratintikam, takkolam, tanman, tanmantanmulam, tantapacalai, tantapalai, tantulam, tantuli, tantuli, tecavaram, tevanati, thippili, thippili ver, thippili-ver, thippiliver, thippli, tipali, tipilie, tipilli, tippali, tippam, tippili, tippili ver, tippilik kattai, tippilikkoti, tippilimulam, tippilittavayam, tippilli, tirantikam, titcanam, titcanatantulam, tittatantulam, tiyaipi, tiyonti, tulampikkiri, tulavi, tulavikam, tunavi, tuttan, ulakulam, ulavainaci, uncaram, upakilliyam, upakuliyai, upakuliyam, upakullikam, upakulliyai, usanai, usanam, utanai, uvakulam, vaitaki, vaitakikam, vaiteki, vaitekikam, vaitti, vanapippili, vatakunmanacini, vayateki, vayatorri, vettilai, viyalkana, viyalkanakam
Bengali	Pippul, Pippali
Nepali	Pipla, Pipul
Punjabi	Piplimul
Marathi	Pimpali,pimpalee, pimpli, piplee, pipli
Malayalam	Tippali,capala, cattu-tirpali, cattutirpali, chapala, cuttaterpati, kana, kattutipali, kattutippali, magadhi, pippali, tippali, tippli
Arabic	Darfulful, Dalfilfil
Persian	Filfil daraz, Pipal daraz
Sanskrit	capala, catikasira, chanchala, chupula, dantakapha, eranda, gonamika, granthika, granthikam, ka, kagophale, kana, kanamula, kati, katubija, katugranthikam, kola, kolamula, kolya, korangi, krikala, krishna, krishnapippali, krsna, krsnatandula, kuna, magadha, magadhaja, magadhajam, magadham, magadhi, magadhika, magadhodbhava, maghadi, magudhi, mula, na, osanam, pippali, pippali mula, pippalika, pippalimulam, pippalu, pippuli, rudhakam, ruthakam, sadgraathi, sadgranthi, sarvagranthikam, saundi, shaundi, shoundi, shyama, sukshmatandula, sumulakam, syama, tandula, tiksnatandula, tiktatandula, trikana, upakulya, upkulya, upukulya, usana, ushuna, vaidehi, vaidehikana, videhi
Tibetan	dro-sman, dro-sman-nar-mo, na-le-sam, pi pi lin, pi pi lin gi rtsa ba
Urdu	darfilfil, filfil daraz, pipal, pipal kalah, pipal kalan, pipal mol, pipla mul, pipla-mul, piplamul, pippala mul, pippali, rupa mukhi, tirkuta

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Leaves

Flowers

Fruits

Seeds

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Piper longum L. Climbing shrub Fruit, root, spike, leaves, flower, seed Bronchitis; toothache; anaemia; antibacterial; contraceptive; cough; fever; cold; respiratory infections; tumors; asthma; headache General Nizar et al. 2015, Udayan et al. 2007

Regarded as a potent herb for alleviating Kapha dosha symptoms, Pippali nourishes the nerves and respiratory system, effectively addressing issues like breathing difficulties and sinus congestion associated with Kapha imbalance.

Herbs recommended by Patanjali