Piper longum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Piperaceae
Subfamilia: Piperoideae
Genus: Piper
Species:

Piper longum L., 1753

Homotypic
- Chavica longa (L.) H.Karst. in Ill. Repet. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 478 (1886)
Heterotypic
- Chavica roxburghii Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 239 (1843)
- Chavica sarmentosa Miq. in London J. Bot. 4: 433 (1845), nom. illeg.
- Piper roxburghii (Miq.) J.Presl in Wšeobecný Rostl. 2: 1452 (1846)
- Piper sarmentosum Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 6641 (1832), nom. nud.
- Piper turbinatum Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 25 (1790), nom. nud.

Piper longum Blume in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 11: 197 (1826), sensu auct. vide Piper retrofractum Vahl in Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 314 (1804)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central
- Regional: Southeastern Asia
  - Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand
- Introduced into:
  - China Southeast, Hainan, India, Malaya, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka

Suwanphakdee, C. & al. (2020). A synopsis of Thai Piper (Piperaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 48: 145-183.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Piper longum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Piper longum. Published online. Accessed: June 20 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Piper longum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 June 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Piper longum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.