318 SPICES 



CHAP. 



is used also in veterinary medicines, but has practically 

 gone out of European pharmacopoeias. 



In Malay regions it is used for indigestion, colic, 

 and flatulency, and as an unguent in paralysis, in much 

 the same way as black pepper is in other parts of the 

 world. The bark of the stem is also used in native 

 medicines for similar purposes, but is less strong. 



This appears to be the commonest of the two long 

 peppers exported to Europe, and is chiefly shipped from 

 Singapore and Penang. It is imported here mainly 

 from Java and Bali, and is exported again principally 

 to British India, England, Turkey in Asia, China, 

 and a little to the United States, Germany, etc. Out 

 of 3,366 cwt. imported into Singapore in 1871, only 477 

 cwt. went to England ; most of the rest went to India. 

 The export from Penang was about 2,000 or 3,000 

 piculs annually, probably derived from Sumatra. 



The following imports and exports into and from 

 the Straits Settlements for every five years from 1885 

 give some idea of the trade. Previous to that date it 

 was registered with black pepper, so that figures of 

 earlier date cannot be given. 



IMPORTS 



1885 . . . 5,903 piculs value 97,774 dollars 



1890 . . . 10,410 44,561 



1895 . . . 5,254 20,806 



1900 . . . 5,356 113,209 



1905 . . . 2,951 130,277 



EXPORTS 



1885 . . . 5,862 piculs value 102,395 dollars 



1890 . . . 10,778 61,320 



1895 . . . 5,069 20,345 



1900 . . . 5,844 131,684 



1905 . . 3,144 147,594 



It sells at about 20 dollars a picul. 



Piper Chaba, Hunter, BAKEK 



This is a stout climbing pepper, with thick jointed 

 stems, rooting at the nodes as in Piper nigrum. 



