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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH251 : Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 448  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Piperales
Family : Piperaceae - Pepper family
Genus : Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. - peperomia
Species : Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
Plant Location in Melghat : On Chikhaldara Plateaux and at Kolkaz on shady, moist cleared spots  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Piperaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Shiny Bush, Slate pencil plant, pepper elder, rat's ear, shiny bush, silverbush, Mashitandu chedi, Pononoa, Toyakandha, Varshabhoo, Latapate
 
Synonym : Micropiper exiguum (Bl.) Miq.
Micropiper pellucidum (L.) Miq.
Micropiper tenellum Klotzsch ex Miq.
Peperomia concinna (Haworth) A. Dietrich
Peperomia ephemera Ekman
Peperomia exigua (Bl.) Miq.
Peperomia exigua var. freireifolia (A.Rich.) C. DC.
Peperomia freireifolia (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) A. Rich.
Peperomia hymenophylla Miq.
Peperomia knoblecheriana Schott
Peperomia nana C. DC.
Peperomia oleracea Poepp. ex Miq.
Peperomia pellucida var. baileyana Trel.
Peperomia pellucida var. minor Miq.
Peperomia pellucida var. pygmaea Miq.
Peperomia tenuiflora Opiz
Peperomia translucens Trel.
Peperomia triadophylla Peter
Peperomia vogelii Miq.
Peperomia yapensis C. DC.
Piper concinnum Haw.
Piper exiguum Bl.
Piper freireifolia Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Piper freirifolium Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Piper hyalinum Wall.
Piper pellucidum L.
Piper scandens Poepp. ex Miq.
Piper tenuiflorum (Opiz) D. Dietr.
Verhuellia knoblecheriana C. DC.
Description : Delicate, glabrous annual herbs; stems erect, 5-30 cm tall, pellucid, branched when well developed. Leaves alternate throughout, 1-3 cm long and wide, triangular ovate, cordate at base with a sinus 1-2 mm deep, obtuse or shortly acuminate at apex, pellucid, palmately 5-7 nerved from the base ; petiole 6-15 mm long, clasping decurrent along the stem. Spikes solitary, terminal but frequently leaf-opposed by overtopping, 2-5 cm long, slender, axis glabrous; peduncle 2-5 cm long, about as thick as spike axis; bracts 0.2-0.3 mm in diameter. Flowers scarcely immersed. Ovary with a fleshy, oblique, subapical stigma. Fruit sessile, about 0.8 mm long, globose-ellipsoid, with an apical stigma, longitudinally striate-undulate, blackish brown at maturity.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : treating abdominal pain, abscesses, acne, boils, colic, fatigue, gout, headache, renal disorders, and rheumatic joint pain; cough suppressant, emollient, and diuretic;
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Peperomins A
Peperomins B
Peperomins C
Peperomins E
sesamin
isoswertisin
friedeline
stigmsterol and Beta-sitosterol
herniarin
scopoletin
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :