Plant Details

Accepted name:: Piper arboreum Aubl. [Piperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Piper arboreum var. arboreum

Piper arboreum var. hirtellum Yunck.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abranda-fogo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
alecrim-de-angola	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
beto-preto	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
desata-nó	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
fruto de morcego	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
joão-barandi	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
kulakatinga	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
pau-de-angola	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
quebra-canga	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
vence-demanda	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
inflorescence		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
inflorescence		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Artanthe lessertiana Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 405 (1844), nom. superfl.
Piper geniculatum var. verrucosum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 267 (1869), nom. superfl.
Piper verrucosum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 15 (1788), nom. superfl.
Steffensia verrucosa Kunth Linnaea 13: 613 (1840), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper arboreum Aubl	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Piper arboreum Aubl.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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