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Piper nigrum

Common Name
Lada hitam (Black pepper); Hu Chiao; Karabiber; Pepper,Black; Pfeffer; White Peppercorn; Lada puteh (White pepper); Wei Fu Chic; Maricha; Pepper; Kosho; Lada sula (Decorticated pepper; Black Pepper

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Cholera China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cholera India *
Colic Java *
Coma India *
Corn US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Craw-Craw Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Dhobi Itch Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Diarrhea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Digestive Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Digestive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dysuria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Fever India *
Fever Elsewhere Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Fever Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fungicide Elsewhere *
Gonorrhea Malaya *
Groin Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.