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Taxon:  Piper retrofractum Vahl



Summary
Genus:
Piper
Family:
Piperaceae
Nomen number:
70508
Place of publication:
Enum. pl. 1:314. 1804
Verified:
08/02/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chavica officinarum Miq.
Piper officinarum (Miq.) C. DC.
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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  3. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:183-188.
  4. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  6. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  7. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Common names
English
Javanese long pepper –
French
poivre long de Java –
Indonesian
cabe jawa –
Transcribed Thai
dipli –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Food additivesflavoring Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:183-188.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70508. Accessed 26 April 2025.