7. Piper longum
English name: Indian long
pepper
Kannada name: Pipili
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species: longum
Taxonomic description:
It is an aromatic climber.
Leaves are dark in colour, ovate or heart shaped, they are
about 2 to 3 inches in length. Flower during rainy season,
male and female flowers both are borne on different plants. Fruits
are ovoid in shape , orange and yellowish in colour, and they grow in early
winters, drupes are about 1 inch in diameter.Once when ripened, spikes turn
red in colour. Perrineal woody root.
Uses:
¯ The herb is mixed with honey to control Hiccups.
¯ It is used as a sedative in Insomnia and Epilepsy
¯ Decoction of Pippali works effective in dealing
with Sciatica and Hemiplegia.
¯ Relives Headache.
¯ Helps to overcome Vitamin B1 deficiency.
¯ Fever
¯ Stroke
¯ Some women take Pippali (Long pepper) after
Delivery along with some other herbs so that the uterus retains its normal
size.
¯ Women also use it to treat menstrual cramps,
Infertility and Libido.
8. Memecylon malabaricum
English name: Iron wood
Kannada name: Dodda nekkare / Olle kodi
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Memecylon
Species: malabaricum
Taxonomic
description:
Trees up to 15 m tall. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, up to 10 x 5 cm, semi amplexicaul or subcordate at base, acute or subobtuse at apex. Flowers in subsessile clusters, purplish blue. Calyx campanulate above the ovary. Corolla lobes 4, suborbicular. Stamens 8; anthers opening by slits; connective ending in a spur. Ovary 1-celled. Berries spherical, up to 6 mm across, crowned by the calyx limbs, blackish. Seed solitary.
Uses:
It is reported that Memecylon malabaricum is highly effective for the treatment of bacterial infections, inflamation,Skin diseases and the methanolic extract of its leaves decreases the raised blood glucose level.