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Lolot (Piper sarmentosum)

Dlium Lolot pepper (Piper sarmentosum)

Lolot pepper (Piper sarmentosum) is a species of plant in Piperaceae, perennial herb, erect or lodging, creeping rhizome, up to 120 cm long, branched, enlarged branches, cylindrical stems, brown or green, often grooved, growing on the forest floor and shade.

P. sarmentosum has leaf stalks up to 15 cm long, up to 13 cm wide, green, alternately arranged, heart-shaped, pointed tips and flat margins. The leaves have 5 main veins from the base of the blade, linear and slightly curved to the tip, glands on the upper surface and many fine pinnate veins. The upper side is shiny green, the lower side is pale green.





The flowers are white. The fruit grows in the upper armpit of the leaf, is slightly oval and green. The leaves are used as a medicine for asthma, malaria, stomach ache, tinea versicolor, toothache, difficulty urinating, aches and pains, maintaining stamina, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and so on.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper L. in Sp. Pl.: 28 (1753)
Species: Piper sarmentosum Roxb. in Asiat. Res. 11: 565 (1810)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Chavica sarmentosa (Roxb.) Miq. in Syst. Piperac.: 242 (1843)
Peperomia sarmentosa (Roxb.) A.Dietr. in Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 161 (1831)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Chavica hainana C.DC. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 275 (1898)
Piper albispicum C.DC. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 85 (1910)
Piper allenii C.DC. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 441 (1910)
Piper baronii C.DC. in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 50 (1911)
Piper brevicaule C.DC. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 272 (1898)
Piper diffusum Blume ex Miq. in Linnaea 20: 130 (1847)
Piper gymnostachyum C.DC. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 72 (1910)
Piper hainana (C.DC.) K.Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 363 (1900)
Piper latifolium W.Hunter in Asiat. Res. 9: 390 (1809)
Piper lolot C.DC. in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 2: 272 (1898)
Piper pierrei C.DC. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 78 (1910)
Piper saigonense C.DC. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 79 (1910)
Piper siassiense C.DC. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 443 (1910)
Piper zamboangae C.DC. in Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 424 (1910)

PUBLICATIONS

Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

Chayamarit, K. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of Thailand 16(3): 749-837. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.

Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Pandey, R.P. (2009). Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768.

Suwanphakdee, C. & al. (2020). A synopsis of Thai Piper (Piperaceae). Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 48: 145-183.

Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of China 4: 1-453. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 假蒟
Chinese (traditional): 假蒟 - 越南洛葉
English: Lolot Pepper
Finnish: kadokpippuri
Hong Kong: 假蒟
Indonesian: Karuk, lolot
Macao: 假蒟
Malay: Pokok kadok
Russian: Перец-лолот - Лолот
Thai: ช้าพลู - ผักอีเลิด
Vietnamese: Lá lốt

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