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Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Peperomia pellucida |
| Family name: |
PIPERACEAE
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| English name: |
Shiny Bush
Slate Pencil Plant
Pepper Elder
Rat's Ear
Silverbush
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| Sinhala name: |
Diya thippili (දිය තිප්පිලි)
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| Tamil name: |
Available soon
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| Sanskrit name: |
Toyakandha
Varshabhoo
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
A delicate, entirely glabrous annual. Leaves alternate throughout, lamina 1 - 3 cm long and wide, triangular ovate, cordate at base with a sinus 1 - 2 mm deep, obtuse and often vaguely short-acuminate at apex, slightly fleshy alive, pale green, thinly membranous. Spikes solitary, terminal but frequently leaf-opposed by overtopping, flowers scarcely immersed. Fruit globose-ellipsoidal, sessile, pointed at the apex, blackish brown at maturity.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Naturalized Exotic
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Naso- pharyngeal infections
Paralysis
Epilepsy
Convulsions
Skin ; mucosae tumors
Cancers
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Inflorescence
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Aromatic
Anti microbial
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