12 Jul Long pepper: A successful inter crop in grown up oil palm gardens
पिपली: तेल खजूर के बडे बागानों के लिए आर्दश अंत:फसल Java long pepper (Piper chaba Hunter syn. Piper retrofractum Vahl.) is one among Panchakola group of spices. Its fruits and roots are used in preparation of ayurvedic medicines for treating indigestion, abdominal colic, poisoning, haemorrhoids, anorexia etc. It is native of South and South East Asia and commonly seen in Assam, Tripura and West Bengal in India. Because of medicinal and aromatic properties, its commercial production is picking up as an inter crop in coconut, areca nut and oil palm gardens in South India. It is perennial with climbing growth habit and performing satisfactorily even under dense shade (75%) of oil palm....