Piperaceae

Javanese long pepper

Piper retrofractum Vahl

Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper

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Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum) — FruitPhoto: Tom Ferguson, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (15)

ban: Tabia bun
Bangla: চুই, চুই ঝাল
Burmese: ပိတ်ချင်းသီး
Chinese: 假荜拔, 长果荜茇
Czech: Pepřovník lékařský
English: Javanese long pepper
Indonesian: Cabai jawa, Cabe puyang
Japanese: ヒハツモドキ, 島胡椒, 畢撥擬, 畢撥擬き
Javanese: Cabé
mad: Cabbhi alas
Malay: Cabai jawa
map: Cabe jawa
Serbian: Јавански дуги бибер
shn: မၢၵ်ႇၽိတ်ႉၶျၢင်း
Vietnamese: Tiêu đôi

Synonyms

Amalago antillana Raf.
Amalago malamiri Raf.
Chavica arnottiana Miq.
Chavica chaba Miq.
Chavica labillardierei Miq.
Chavica maritima Miq.
Chavica officinarum Miq.
Chavica parvifolia Hassk.
Chavica retrofracta (Vahl) Miq.
Cubeba chaba (W.Hunter) Miq.
Piper arnottianum (Miq.) C.DC.
Piper callosum Opiz
Piper chaba W.Hunter
Piper chuvya W.Hunter ex C.DC.
Piper hapnium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Piper maritimum (Miq.) Blume ex C.DC.
Piper officinarum (Miq.) C.DC.
Piper palawanum C.DC.
Piper parvifolium Blanco
Piper siriboa B.Heyne

Photos

$Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)$
FruitPhoto: Tom Ferguson, CC0, from iNaturalist
$Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)$
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)$
Photo: Ian Cowie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)$
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)$
Photo: insect ID, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Javanese long pepper: Piper retrofractum at Iriomote is. Okinawa, Japan.$
Photo: self, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)$
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
$Javanese long pepper: Piper retrofractum$
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper: Piper retrofractum$
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper: Piper retrofractum$
Photo: self, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper: Piper retrofractum ("cabe jawa") the garden of Fac. of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada Univ. Yogyakarta.$
Photo: Kembangraps, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
$Javanese long pepper: Piper retrofractum in botanical garden in Kraków$
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.