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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 „ 
. 2,951 „ 
Exports 
„ 113,209 „ 
1905 . 
„ 130,277 „ 
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 Chaha, Hunter, Bakek 
This is a stout climbing pepper, with thick jointed 
stems, rooting at the nodes as in Piper nigrum. 
