Piper sarmentosum (scientific name: Piper sarmentosum? Roxb.), also known as Piper sarmentosum, Piper sarmentosum, Piper sarmentosum, etc. Perennial, creeping, segmented-rooted herb, several to more than 10 meters long; branchlets nearly upright, hairless or covered with very fine powdery pubescence when young. The leaves are nearly membranous, with fine glandular spots, and the lower part is broadly ovate or nearly round; the leaf veins are 7, pale when dry, and the back is significantly raised; the upper leaf is small, ovate or ovate-lanceolate; the petiole 2-5 cm long, covered with very fine powdery pubescence; the leaf sheath is about half the length of the petiole. The flowers are unisexual, dioecious, and gathered into spikes opposite to the leaves. The male inflorescence is 1.5-2 cm long and 2-3 mm in diameter; the total pedicel is as long as the inflorescence or slightly shorter, covered with very fine powdery pubescence; the inflorescence rachis is hairy; the bracts are oblate. The female inflorescence is 6-8 mm long, slightly longer during the fruiting stage; the total pedicel is the same as that of the male plant; the bracts are nearly round. Berries nearly spherical. The flowering period is from April to November. ?[1]?
Produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet (Medog) provinces and regions. Born in forests or wetlands next to villages. It is also found in India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It can be used medicinally to cure rheumatic bone pain, bruises, wind-cold cough, pregnancy and postpartum edema; fruit order can cure toothache, stomachache, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, etc. It is also edible. Clam leaves are a delicious condiment widely used in the Wuchuan area of ??Zhanjiang in southern China. People often use its leaves to cook dishes or make clam rice. Its deliciousness is often compared with perilla.
Chinese scientific name
Fake Konjac
Latin scientific name
Piper?sarmentosum?Roxb.
Alternative name< /p>
Clam, false clam, mountain clam