Botanical name : Piper brachystachyum Wall.
Family : Piperaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Chavya, Chavika, Vanamaricha, Aranyamaricha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Katu, Tikta
Guna   : Lakhu, Teekshna
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Wild pepper
Hindi  : Chab
Malayalam : Kattumulaku, Kattukurumulaku
Distribution – In Western Ghats, usually in Shola forests.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial woody climber with many sub-branches. Plants trails both on trees and rocks with the help of sticky roots on nodes. Leaves elliptic-ovate, sometimes lanceolate, caudate and acuminate. Fruits globose 1 seeded berries, found in spikes.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha pitta, cough, asthma, bronchitis, indigestion, dyspepsia, and anorexia
Useful part : Root, Fruit.