Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH251 : Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 448

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.;

Plant Common Name : Shiny Bush, Slate pencil plant, pepper elder, rat's ear, shiny bush, silverbush, Mashitandu chedi, Pononoa, Toyakandha, Varshabhoo, Latapate

Plant Family : Piperaceae

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.

Plant Location in Melghat : On Chikhaldara Plateaux and at Kolkaz on shady, moist cleared spots

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 : COMPOUNDS: Peperomins A; Peperomins B; Peperomins C; Peperomins E; sesamin; isoswertisin; friedeline; stigmsterol and Beta-sitosterol; herniarin; scopoletin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3):

Beta-sitosterol;

Friedelin;

Sesamin;

Plant's Current Status : Rare

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Shiny%20Bush.html - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230638 - https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Peperomia+pellucida+(L.)+Kunth - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15120441 - https://cdn_pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/np050457s

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Order : Piperales
Family : Piperaceae - Pepper family
Genus : Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. - peperomia
Species : Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth