Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Piper cubeba
Scientific Name and Description
Piper cubeba Bojer
Piper cubeba L.f.
Piper cubeba L.f.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cubeba officinalis RAFIN
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | cubeb, java pepper |
| Hindi | kabab-chini, kabacini, sheetal-chini, sitalachini |
| Kannada | baala menasu, balamenasu, balmenasu, chinamunchi, cinamnnci, gandha menasu, gandha-menasu, gandhamenasu, gandhamunchi, gandhamunci, kankola, mara menasu, maramenasu |
| Malayalam | cavika, chinimulaku, cinamulagu, ciniamulaku, val-milaku, val-mulaka, valmulaku |
| Marathi | hima simire, kaapoorcheenee, kankol, mothi, pimpli, pipli |
| Sanskrit | cinatiksna, cinorana, kakkola, kankola, kankolaka, kankolam, kankolika, maricam, renuka, sugandhamarichatai, sugandhamarichu, sugandhamuricha, sungadha-muricha |
| Tamil | ainnilam, alankaram, aranukam, arenu, arenugam, arenukam, aripalugam, aripalukam, atturati, autaciyamilaku, avattam, calani, catavikam, catavikamilaku, catuttam, cevviyam, cikkam, cinamilaku, cinaviram, cubab chinie, cur, curam, curamilaku, curmilaku, elavalukam, ilatai, ilepam, illi, ittakam, kanacam, kanacamilaku, kanakam, kanakamilaku, kanakamilaku#, kanakamilaku, kankolam, katturikai, kaulakam, kaunti, kauntiriyacceti, kauntiriyam, kavinti, kirusnai, kiruttinai, kolakam, kolam, macati, maceti, malukam , maricam , maricinam, mayenam, nalvaci, ponkam, takkolam, takkolam, takkolamilaku, tulati, vaalmilagu, val milagu, val-milaku, valmilagu, valmilaku, valmilakukkoti, valmilgu, vanmilaku |
| Telugu | calavamiriyalu, caluvamiriyamu, chalava-miriyalu, chaluva-miriyalu, chaluvamiriyaalu, thokamiriyaalu, toka-miriyalu, tokamiriyalau, tokamiriyalu, tokamiriyamulu, tsalavamiriyalu |
| Tibetan | ka ko la |
| Urdu | kabab chini, kabab-chini, kababchini, kababchini (kankol), sital-chini |
| Common names | cubeb, tailed pepper |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Western
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Piper cubeba Bojer Climbing shrub Leaves, root Inflammatory joints; genito-urinary infections Women; general Pushpangadan and Atal 1984
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Pushpangadan and Atal 1984
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Piper cubeba. (2024, June 19). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_cubeba