Plant Details

Accepted name:: Piper amalago L. [Piperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Piper amalago var. amalago

Piper amalago var. variifolia (Griseb.) Fawc. & Rendle

Piper amalago var. nigrinodum (C.DC.) Yunck.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pari’paroa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tooso	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Enckea amalago (L.) Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 64 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper amalago L.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) 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)
Piper amalgo	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Piper amalgo L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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