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 |
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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 |