Plant Details

Accepted name:: Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth [Piperaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Peperomia pellucida var. argentina Yunck.

Peperomia pellucida var. pellucida

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfavaca-de-cobra	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alfavaquinha-de-cobra	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cao hu jiao	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cng cua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cold man	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
common peperomia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
coraçãozinho	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cow foot	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cresson	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cǎo hú jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ding cao	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
diya thippili	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
dīng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekstrak herba suruhan	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
erva de jabuti	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
erva de vidro	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
fifaman	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
herbe à couleuvre	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
herbe à couresse	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ketumpang air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketumpangan ayer	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ketumpayan air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
konsakawiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
língua de sapo	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
língua-de-sapo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
lı́ngua de sapo	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
man-to-man	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ogräspeperomia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oripepê	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
oriri	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
oriri-da-oxum	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
pak krasang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pansit-pansitan	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
parietária e lingua-de-sapo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
peperomiae pellucidae herbae extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
pepper elder	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pépéromia	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rabbit ear	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rangu-rangu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rat ears	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
renren	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ruǎn gǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ruǎn gǔ huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salade soda	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
salade soldat	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
shiny bush	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sladanan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sumu mairen	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
suna-kosho	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
suruhan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tumpang angin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tòu míng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ulasiman bato	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
upla kahula	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
wú gǔ huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yerba de plata	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
දිය තිප්පිලි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
丁草	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无骨花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
草胡椒	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
軟骨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
软骨花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
透明草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Inflorescence		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leafy stem		Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
whole plant		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
whole-plant		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
whole plant		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Micropiper pellucidum (L.) Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 54 (1840).
Piper pellucidum L. Sp. Pl.: 30 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Peperomia pellucida	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Peperomia pellucida (L.) H.B.K.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Peperomia pellucida (L.) HBK.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth.	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Peperomia pellucida (L.)H.B.K.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Peperomia pellucida (L.)Kunth	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Peperomia pellucida (Linn.) HB&K.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Peperomia pellucida (Linn.) Kunth.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Peperomia pellucida H.B.K.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Peperomia pellucida HBK.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Peperomia pellucida Kunth	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Peperomia pellucida Kunth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Peperomia pellucida L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Peperomia pellucida Linn.	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)

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