Gammiris (Pepper

Scientific name:	Piper nigrum*
Family name:	PIPERACEAE
English name:	Pepper
Local name:	Gammiris
Description:	Perennial vine, climber; stem semi-woody; rooting sparingly; nodes thickened; young parts glabrous. Leaves 12.7-17.5 cm long, cordate at base; petioles 2.5-3.7 cm long. Flowers bisexual, sessile in axils of fleshy bracts, ar5ranged in leaf-opposed spikes 5 cm long. Fruit nearly globose, at first dar green, about 6 mm long passing through orange-yellow to dull red when ripe in pendulous spikes 10-15 cm long
Status:	Naturalized Exotic
Edible parts:	Seed
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Tonsillitis Dyspepsia Flatulence Gonorrhea Coughs Haemorrhoids Fevers Piles Elephantiasis Vomiting Shell fish poisoning Mushroom poisoning Eye diseases Skin diseases Chronic rheumatism Dysentery Nervous system disorders Anorexia Worm infestations General pains Heart diseases Liver diseases Colds Asthma Dysmenorrohea PARTS   USED  IN  TREATMENT: Leaves Root Seeds RELATED   MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: Abortifacient Carminative Diuretic Pacifies vitiated Kapha and Vatha doshas source by  instituteofayurveda.org