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Non-scientific name:

kava pepper

1 Accepted name(s) for "kava pepper":

Accepted name
Piper methysticum G.Forst.

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Piper methysticum G.Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst.
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Piper methysticum G. Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Piper methysticum G. Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Piper methysticum G. Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. dried root and rhizome root, rhizome

14 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "kava pepper":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
ava Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
awa Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kava Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kava kava Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kava-kava Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kavaka Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kawa pepper Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kawa-kawa Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kawapfeffer Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
piper methysticum Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
piper methysticum root and rhizome Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
yanggona Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yangona Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yaqona Other U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)