Plant Details

Accepted name:: Peperomia galioides Kunth [Piperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
congona	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
congona blanca	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 41 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Peperomia agapatensis C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 455 (1869).
Peperomia amphoterophylla Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 225 (1929).
Peperomia amphoterophylla var. glutineofructa Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 226 (1929).
Peperomia anisophylla C.DC. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 266 (1908).
Peperomia apoda Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 44 (1927).
Peperomia artatiflora Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 23 (1936).
Peperomia brachyiula Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 26 (1936).
Peperomia ceapanana Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 28 (1936).
Peperomia chillonensis Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 30 (1936).
Peperomia dendroides Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 38 (1936).
Peperomia dendromorphis Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 39 (1936).
Peperomia distractiflora Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 40 (1936).
Peperomia galiifolia Trel. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 227 (1927).
Peperomia galioides var. aprica Henschen Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 8(8): 37 (1873).
Peperomia galioides var. aromatica C.DC. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 266 (1908).
Peperomia galioides var. longifolia C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 464 (1869).
Peperomia galioides var. menkeana (Miq.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 464 (1869).
Peperomia galioides var. nigropunctulata C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 464 (1869).
Peperomia galioides var. saxicola C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 360 (1901).
Peperomia galioides var. umbrosa Henschen Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 8(8): 37 (1873).
Peperomia gallitoensis Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 315 (1937).
Peperomia garrapatilla Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1544 (1938).
Peperomia granata Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 24 (1926).
Peperomia guayabillosana Trel. Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 10: 26 (1934).
Peperomia inaequalifolia var. galioides (Kunth) Pino Avonia 28(2): 45 (2010).
Peperomia jamesonii Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(II): 544 (1858 publ. 1859).
Peperomia longispica Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 59 (1936).
Peperomia medianiana Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 25 (1931).
Peperomia menkeana Miq. Linnaea 20: 124 (1847).
Peperomia muscicola C.DC. Candollea 1: 298 (1923), nom. illeg.
Peperomia muscisedens C.DC. Candollea 1: 398 (1923).
Peperomia novella Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 336 (1938).
Peperomia oblongifolia C.DC. Candollea 1: 299 (1923).
Peperomia okarana Trel. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 55: 170 (1928).
Peperomia redondoana Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 323 (1937).
Peperomia san-buenaventurana Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 91 (1936).
Peperomia suaveolens Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 2 (1825).
Peperomia subcorymbosa Sodiro Piperac. Ecuator.: 181 (1900).
Peperomia trullifolia Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 102 (1936).
Piper galioides (Kunth) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 470 (1816).
Piper suaveolens (Ham.) Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 414 (1829).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Peperomia galioides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Peperomia galioides Kunth	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Peperomia galioides Kunth.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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