Botanical Name: Piper longum L.
Tamil Name: Tippili
Sanskrit Name: Pippali
English Name: Indian long pepper
M. Subramanian
Project Officer
C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre
Chennai
Habitat
Scandent or straggling shrubs, sometimes ascending and climbing. Leaves 8 x 4 cm, ovate, acute at apex, cordate and strongly oblique at base, shining above; nerves impressed; petiole 1-3 cm long. Female spike stout, erect; peduncle 1.5 cm long; bracts peltate,orbicular. Male spike to 7 cm long, erect, slender; stamens 2. Berry 2 mm across, glabrous, black or deep red. (Indiabiodiversity portal).