Plant Details

Accepted name:: Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) 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:
garrapata congona	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
hurasikï	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tiensensi wiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acrocarpidium brevipes Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 166 (1846).
Acrocarpidium guayaquillense Miq. London J. Bot. 4: 411 (1845).
Acrocarpidium mexicanum Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 58 (1843).
Acrocarpidium nummulariifolium (Sw.) Miq. Verslagen Meded. Vier Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Letterk. Schoone Kunsten 1842: 198 (1843).
Acrocarpidium nummulariifolium var. obcordatum Miq. Linnaea 20: 118 (1847).
Acrocarpidium nummulariifolium f. pilosior Miq. Linnaea 18: 710 (1845).
Acrocarpidium rotundifolium (L.) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 62 (1843).
Peperomia bartlettii C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 470 (1917).
Peperomia brevipes (Benth.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 397 (1869).
Peperomia delicatissima var. venusta Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1544 (1938).
Peperomia guayaquilensis (Miq.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 400 (1869).
Peperomia koepperi Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 9: 275 (1940).
Peperomia lanjouwii Yunck. Acta Bot. Neerl. 6: 393 (1957).
Peperomia mararyna C.DC. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 47: 117 (1905).
Peperomia metapalcoensis C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 416 (1869).
Peperomia nummulariifolia (Sw.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 66 (1816).
Peperomia nummulariifolia var. obcordata (Miq.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 421 (1869).
Peperomia nummulariifolia var. pubescens C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 421 (1869).
Peperomia rotundifolia Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 353 (1831), nom. illeg.
Peperomia rotundifolia var. glabrilimba C.DC. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 470 (1917).
Peperomia rotundifolia var. nummulariifolia (Sw.) Stehlé Bull. Agric. Martinique 6: 214 (1938).
Peperomia rotundifolia var. obcordata (Miq.) Dahlst. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 33(2): 101 (1900).
Peperomia rotundifolia f. obovata C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 401 (1903).
Peperomia rotundifolia var. ovata (Dahlst.) Dahlst. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 230 (1902).
Peperomia rotundifolia f. ovata Dahlst. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 33(2): 101 (1900).
Peperomia rotundifolia var. pilosior (Miq.) C.DC. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 230 (1902).
Peperomia rotundifolia f. pubescens DC. ex Dahlst. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 33(2): 102 (1900).
Peperomia rotundifolia var. subelliptica Trel. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 18 (1926).
Peperomia rotundifolia var. subglabrilimba C.DC. Candollea 1: 326 (1923).
Peperomia vernouana Trel. in H.Stehlé & P.Quentin, Fl. Guadeloupe 2(2): 55 (1948).
Piper nummulariifolium Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 16 (1788).
Piper rotundifolium L. Sp. Pl.: 30 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Kunth	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Peperomia rotundifolia (L.)Kunth	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Peperomia rotundifolia H.B.K.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Peperomia rutundifolia (L.) Kunth	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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