Piperaceae FAMILY
Piper peltatum
Piper peltatum
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The leaves are mixed with the leaves of Clibadium to make a fish poison[ 348 Title Medicinal Plants of the Guianas Publication Author DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. Website http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html Publisher Smithsonian Museum Year 0 ISBN Description A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region ].
Botanical Description
Cordoncillo is a perennial plant, usually herbaceous but sometimes more woody. It grows around 1.5 metres tall. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as food and medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Brazil. Bolivia and Peru, north to the Caribbean and through Central America to Mexico.
HabitatMoist or wet, lowland forest or thickets, sometimes in second growth at elevations up to 600 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. A weedy herb in open, secondary growth[ 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].