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Cubeb
Piper cubeba
Cubeb · Cubeb Pepper · Cubebe · Java pepper · Kubebe · Kubebenpfeffer (DE) · cubab-chinee · cubeb · cubeb pepper · cubeba · cubebe · kubebapeppar
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, China, Egypt, India(Santal), Java, Malaya, Europe, TW
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antiseptic, Anus, Aphrodisiac, Bactericide
Science studied: APIOLE, AZULENE, BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE, DELTA-CADINENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Piperaceae
Scientific name: Piper cubeba
Common names: Cubeb, Cubeb Pepper, Cubebe, Java pepper, Kubebe, Kubebenpfeffer (DE), cubab-chinee, cubeb, cubeb pepper, cubeba, cubebe, kubebapeppar
POWO: 681071-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, China, Egypt, Elsewhere, India(Santal), Java, Malaya, Europe and 1 additional place.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antiseptic
- Anus
- Aphrodisiac
- Bactericide
- Bronchitis
- Carminative
- Catarrh
- Cholera
show 25 more documented entries
- Cystitis
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Enterosis
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Flu
- Fumitory
- Gleet
- Gonorrhea
- Kidney
- Panacea
- Prolapse
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Urethritis
- Urogenital
- Viricide
- Cancer(Mouth)
- Asthma
- Dyspepsia
- Fistula
- Phthisis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- China
- Egypt
- Elsewhere
- India(Santal)
- Java
- Malaya
- Europe
- TW
Documented cultural uses
- Antiseptic
- Anus
- Aphrodisiac
- Bactericide
- Bronchitis
- Carminative
- Catarrh
- Cholera
- Cystitis
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Enterosis
show 21 more documented entries
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Flu
- Fumitory
- Gleet
- Gonorrhea
- Kidney
- Panacea
- Prolapse
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Urethritis
- Urogenital
- Viricide
- Cancer(Mouth)
- Asthma
- Dyspepsia
- Fistula
- Phthisis
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Antiseptic · Turkey · "
- Antiseptic · China · "
- Antiseptic · Egypt · "
- Antiseptic · Elsewhere · "
- Anus · India(Santal) · "
- Aphrodisiac · Java · "
- Aphrodisiac · Egypt · "
- Bactericide · Elsewhere · "
- Bronchitis · Egypt · "
- Bronchitis · Elsewhere · "
- Carminative · Malaya · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Carminative · Egypt · "
- Carminative · Elsewhere · "
- Catarrh · Egypt · "
- Cholera · India(Santal) · "
- Cystitis · Egypt · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Egypt · "
- Diuretic · Java · "
- Dysentery · Java · "
- Dysentery · Elsewhere · "
- Enterosis · Java · "
- Expectorant · Malaya · "
36 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Immunomodulatory and Antioxidant Potencies of γ-irradiated Piper cubeba in Complete Freund's Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis in Rats. · 2026 source ↗
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 prevalence in Upper Egypt: impacts on food safety and human Health, with a protection trial using natural antibacterial Piper cubeba. · 2025 source ↗
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 prevalence in Upper Egypt: impacts on food safety and human Health, with a protection trial using natural antibacterial Piper cubeba · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- APIOLE
- AZULENE
- BICYCLOSESQUIPHELLANDRENE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- 10-(ALPHA)-CADINOL
- CALAMENENE
- CESARONE
- ALPHA-CUBEBENE
- BETA-CUBEBENE
- CUBEBIN
- CUBENOL
- EO
- GUM
- 1-ISOPROPYL-4-METHYLENE-7-METHYL-1,2,3,6,7,8,9-HEPTAHYDRO...
- LEDOL
- ALPHA-MUUROLENE
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- OCIMENE
- BETA-PINENE
- RESINS
- SAFROLE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- DILLAPIOLE
- ASARONE
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- SABINOL
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ALLO-AROMADENDRENE
- L-CADINOL
- D-DELTA-4-CARENE
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- CUBEBIC-ACID
- CUBEBOL
- BETA-ELEMENE
- GAMMA-HUMULENE
- MYRCENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- 1,4-CINEOLE
- HEMI-ARIENSIN
- ASCHANTIN
- 2,4,5-TRIMETHOXYBENZALDEHYDE
- 3(R)-3'-4'-DIMETHOXY-BENZYL-2(R)-3'-4'-METHYLENEDIOXY-BENZYL-BUTYROLACTONE
- CADINA-1-9(15)-DIENE
- CADINENE
- CALAMENE
- (+)-CAR-4-ENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CINEOL
- 1,8-CINEOL
- COPAENE
- (+)-CROTEPOXIDE
- ALPHA-O-ETHYL-CUBEBIN
- BETA-O-ETHYL-CUBEBIN
- EPICUBENOL
- (+)-4-ISO-PROPYL-1-METHYL-CYCLOHEX-1-EN-4-OL
- P-CYMENE
- HETEROTROPAN
- HUMULENE
- D-LIMONENE
- MANOSALIN
- MUUROLENE
- NEROLIDOL
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- PIPERENOL A
- PIPERENOL B
- PIPERIDINE
- PIPERINE
- SABINENE
- (+)-SABINENE
- (+)-SESAMIN
- TRANS-TERPINENE
- TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- (+)-ZEYLENOL
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- (-)-5'-O-METHOXY-HINOKININ
- (-)-CADINENE
- (-)-CLUSIN
- (-)-CUBEBININ
- (-)-CUBEBININOLIDE
- (-)-CUBEBINONE
- (-)-DIHYDRO-CLUSIN
- (-)-DIHYDRO-CUBEBIN
- (-)-DI-O-METHYL-THUJAPLICATIN METHYL ETHER
- (-)-HINOKININ
- (-)-ISOYATEIN
- (-)-YATEIN
- CUBEBINOLIDE
- DIPENTENE
- LINALOOL
- RESINOIDS
- 1-4-CINEOL
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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