Piper sarmentosum Roxb. : A Mini Review of Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology

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Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com pungent odor. In addition, the P. sarmentosum species has good ornamental value, which is popular in urban landscape gardens as ground covering shrubs with a root and sprouts at each node and can be grown in pots as bushes by pruning the creeping branches. The bushy, abundant procumbent branches are about 40-50 cm in height and the fruiting season is between October and December [3]. In Malaysia, the plant grows wild; however, it also grows as a weed in villages and places with plenty of shade. Biology Piper sarmentosum is easy to grow. It is propagated through vegetative cuttings where it spreads from the fragments and rhizomes that have a root and sprout at each node [4] and the discarded cuttings are quick to develop roots. The plant grows in a humid, warm spot in the shade, and grows well in rich and damp soil in secondary forest, near sea level at 1000m and requires good drainage.