Plant Details

Accepted name:: Piper angustifolium Lam. [Piperaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
erva de soldado	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
matico	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
moho-moho	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pimenta matico	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
piper angustifolium whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Artanthe angustifolia (Lam.) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 528 (1844).
Artanthe microstachya (Vahl) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 527 (1844).
Piper microstachyon Vahl Eclog. Amer. 2: 3 (1798).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper angustifolium Lam.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Piper angustifolium Lam.

Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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