Plant Details

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

Piper capense var. brachyrhachis (C.H.Wright) Verdc.

Piper capense var. capense

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fía boba pequena	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mdeka	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
poivrier du cap	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
wild pepper	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Coccobryon capense (L.f.) Klotzsch Syst. Piperac.: 343 (1844).
Cubeba capensis (L.f.) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 303 (1843).
Peperomia capensis (L.f.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 13 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper capense	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Piper capense L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Piper capense L.f.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Piper capense Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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