Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
caapeba	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
caisimon	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
capeba	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mahekomë hanakï	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
monkey's hand	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pariparoba	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
plua koroa	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
pupu hueoco	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
santa maria	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
santa maría	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ugúdi bágasu	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pothomorphe peltata (L.) Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 37 (1840).
Heckeria peltata (L.) Kunth Linnaea 13: 565 (1840).
Heckeria scutata (Willd. ex A.Dietr.) Kunth Linnaea 13: 567 (1840).
Heckeria speciosa (Kunth) Kunth Linnaea 13: 568 (1840).
Lepianthes peltata (L.) Raf. ex R.A.Howard J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 381 (1973).
Peperidia peltata (L.) Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 455 (1833).
Peperomia peltata (L.) A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 142 (1831).
Peperomia pruinosa Kunth Syn. Pl. Aequin. 1: 124 (1822).
Peperomia scutata A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 143 (1831).
Peperomia speciosa (Kunth) Kunth Syn. Pl. Aequin. 1: 124 (1822).
Piper fasciculatum Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 362 (1798).
Piper gemellum Willd. ex Link Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 62 (1820).
Piper ottonis (Miq.) C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 332 (1869).
Piper peltatum var. colombianum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 332 (1869).
Piper peltatum var. hirtellum C.DC. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 210 (1902).
Piper pruinosum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 59 (1816).
Piper scutatum Willd. ex A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 1: 143 (1831), pro syn.
Piper scutiphyllum Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 3 (1825).
Piper speciosum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 59 (1816).
Pothomorphe almirantensis Trel. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 306 (1940).
Pothomorphe baileyorum Trel. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 306 (1940).
Pothomorphe baileyorum var. paucispica Trel. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 306 (1940).
Pothomorphe hirsuta Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1863: 6 (1863).
Pothomorphe lessertiana Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 210 (1843).
Pothomorphe ottonis Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 207 (1843).
Pothomorphe peltata var. colombiana (C.DC.) Trel. & Yunck. Piperac. N. South Amer.: 438 (1950).
Pothomorphe peltata var. hypoleuca Trel. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 12: 408 (1936).
Pothomorphe pruinosa Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 37 (1840).
Pothomorphe scutata Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 37 (1840).
Pothomorphe speciosa (Kunth) Miq. Comm. Phytogr.: 37 (1840).
Pothomorphe tecumensis Trel. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 306 (1940).
Pothomorphe tecumensis var. grandis Trel. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 307 (1940).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper peltatum L.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Piper peltatum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Pothomorphe peltata (L.) Miq.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pothomorphe peltata L.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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