Good morning Surajit ji, This looks like a male plant of *Piper longum*. The male spikes are about 5 cm long and 3 mm in diameter (female spikes are shorter and stouter). Otherwise it may be a different species. The picture with leafy plant at wiki page, is not of Piper longum.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:55 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Sir, > > Internet is very confusing source of info, well, sometimes. > A search for *Piper longum* L. gives plant pictures of distinctly > variable leaf venation, even scanned herbarium images available in the net > can be confusing too. Two such example :- > > 1. http://www.rprcbbsr.com/herbarium/herbarium/images/id/658 > 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper > > On the other hand, images found some other sites do comply with my species > :- > > 1. http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/p/piper/pipelon.html.en > 2. > > http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=103131&idThumb=313215&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=1 > > Description and images at :- > > 1. http://envis.frlht.org/plongum.htm > 2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005574 > 3. http://www.himalayahealthcare.com/herbfinder/h_piperl.htm > > Species : *Piper longum* L. > Bengali Name : PIPUL > Habit & Habitat : wild slender creeper, growing under very dense > vegetation of, i think, *Mikania micrantha* Kunth. > Date : 21/9/12, 4.02 p.m. > Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly) > > I am sorry that my camera is a dumb under low light. > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > --
