Plant Details

Accepted name:: Piper hispidum Sw. [Piperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: Piper hispidum var. ellipticifolium Yunck.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
spanish ela	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 76 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Piper hispidinervum C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 451 (1917).
Artanthe aspera Miq. London J. Bot. 4: 456 (1845).
Artanthe asperifolia Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 441 (1844).
Artanthe asperifolia f. surinamensis Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 442 (1844).
Artanthe controversa Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 448 (1844).
Artanthe hirsuta Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 446 (1844), nom. superfl.
Artanthe hispida (Sw.) Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 50 (1840).
Artanthe obesa (Vahl) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 470 (1844).
Artanthe olfersiana (Kunth) Klotzsch J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 321 (1841).
Artanthe opizii (Kunth) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 440 (1844).
Artanthe scabra (Kunth) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 447 (1844).
Artanthe scabra var. hirsuta Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 171 (1859).
Lindeniopiper williamsii Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 8 (1940).
Piper aduncum Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 26 (1829), sensu auct.
Piper aegrum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 132 (1936).
Piper alluvicola C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 313 (1920).
Piper amnigaudens Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 134 (1936).
Piper angremondii C.DC. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 60: 431 (1915).
Piper articulosum D.Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 6: 91 (1878).
Piper asperifolium Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792).
Piper asperrimicaule Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 138 (1936).
Piper asperum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 33 (1805).
Piper bayamonanum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 9 (1926).
Piper canescenticaule Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 145 (1936).
Piper canescenticaule var. expansum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 145 (1936).
Piper catucheanum Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer.: 257 (1950).
Piper cinereoramulum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 149 (1936).
Piper fruticosum Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 341 (1841), not validly publ.
Piper glaberrimicaule Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 168 (1936).
Piper hirsutum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 60 (1797), nom. superfl.
Piper hirsutum var. fuscopunctulatum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 276 (1869).
Piper hirsutum var. jamaicense C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 276 (1869).
Piper hirsutum var. magnifolium C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 276 (1869).
Piper hirsutum var. olfersianum (Kunth) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 277 (1869).
Piper hispidum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 50 (1816), nom. illeg.
Piper hispidum var. albescens C.DC. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 188 (1902).
Piper hispidum var. lanceolatum Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer.: 274 (1950).
Piper hispidum f. lanceolatum (Trel. & Yunck.) Steyerm. Fl. Venez. 2(2): 449 (1984).
Piper hispidum var. magnifolium C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 276 (1869).
Piper hispidum var. obliquum Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer.: 273 (1950).
Piper hispidum f. patulipilum (Yunck.) Steyerm. Fl. Venez. 2(2): 451 (1984).
Piper hispidum var. plurinerve C.DC. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 188 (1902).
Piper hispidum f. surinamense (Miq.) Steyerm. Fl. Venez. 2(2): 448 (1984).
Piper leucofustum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 182 (1936).
Piper longegerminatum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 185 (1936).
Piper maestranum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 10 (1926).
Piper malanganum Trel. Candollea 8: 75 (1940).
Piper masiseanum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 190 (1936).
Piper obesum Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 321 (1804).
Piper olfersianum (Kunth) Kunth ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 342 (1841).
Piper opizii (Kunth) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 342 (1841).
Piper paranapuranum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 204 (1936).
Piper patulipilum Yunck. Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 23: 84 (1962).
Piper perspicuibracteum Trel. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 19: 335 (1929).
Piper pilipedunculum C.DC. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 2 (1917).
Piper platannanum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 312 (1927).
Piper resatum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 222 (1936).
Piper rivialbi Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer.: 265 (1950).
Piper sabanillanum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 9 (1926).
Piper scabricaule Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 229 (1936).
Piper scabriseptum var. reductum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 353 (1938).
Piper scabrum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 59 (1797), nom. illeg.
Piper scabrum Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 1: 84 (1798), nom. illeg.
Piper scabrum var. kalacroixense Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 308 (1927).
Piper silvioberrans Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 234 (1936).
Piper silvivagum f. peruvianum C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 489 (1917).
Piper subantillanum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 9 (1926).
Piper sumideranum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 9 (1926).
Piper tardum Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 242 (1936).
Piper thebaudianum Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 312 (1927).
Piper virgulticola Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 251 (1936).
Steffensia asperifolia (Rich.) Kunth Linnaea 13: 644 (1840).
Steffensia hirsuta Kunth Linnaea 13: 641 (1840), nom. superfl.
Steffensia olfersiana Kunth Linnaea 13: 645 (1840).
Steffensia opizii Kunth Linnaea 13: 641 (1840).
Steffensia scabra Kunth Linnaea 13: 639 (1840).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper hispidinervum C. DC.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Piper hispidum Sw.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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