Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aperta-ruã	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
aperta-ruão	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Artanthe mollicoma (Kunth ex Steud.) Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 438 (1844), nom. superfl.
Artanthe mollicoma f. glabrata Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 440 (1844).
Artanthe mollicoma f. latifolia Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 45 (1852).
Artanthe mollicoma f. major Miq. Syst. Piperac.: 440 (1844).
Artanthe mollicoma f. tomentosa Miq. Linnaea 20: 155 (1847).
Piper acutifolium Poepp. ex Kunth Linnaea 13: 614 (1840), not validly publ.
Piper olivaceum C.DC. Linnaea 37: 344 (1872).
Piper pisoense C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 278 (1869).
Piper pseudovelutinum C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 282 (1869).
Steffensia mollis Kunth Linnaea 13: 648 (1840).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Piper mollicomum Kunth	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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