Taxon: Piper cubeba L. f.

Genus:

Piper

Family:

Piperaceae

Nomen number:

28578

Place of publication:

Suppl. pl. 90. 1782 ("1781")

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

26-may-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-oct-2001

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

cubeb (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English
cubeb pepper (Source: Dict Gard) - English
Java pepper (Source: Websters Dict) - English
cubebe (Source: HerbSpices) - French
Cubebe (Source: HerbSpices) - German
cubab-chinee (Source: Names Watson) - India
cubebe (Source: HerbSpices) - Italian
cubeba (Source: HerbSpices) - Portuguese
pimenta-cubeba (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
cubeba (Source: HerbSpices) - Spanish
kubebapeppar (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide Ency CNatIn)
Materials: lipids (used in pharmaceutical & cosmetic products fide Ency CNatIn)
Medicines: folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: Indonesia

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Watson, J. F. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products. 1868 (Names Watson)

Check other web resources for Piper cubeba L. f. :

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28578. Accessed 18 mayo 2024.