Piperaceae FAMILY

Piper coruscans

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Piper coruscans is a shrub that grows 1 - 4 metres tall[ 925 Title Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 20 Part 2 Publication Author Publisher The British Museum; London. Year 1990 ISBN 0-565-08027-X Description A botanical journal, amongst other articles, it contains a revision of the genus Piper (section Churumayu). ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana.

HabitatRiver banks[ 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. ]. Moist places in evergreen forest, cliff bases and wet steep slopes, stream and river banks; at elevations from sea level to 1,700 metres[ 925 Title Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 20 Part 2 Publication Author Publisher The British Museum; London. Year 1990 ISBN 0-565-08027-X Description A botanical journal, amongst other articles, it contains a revision of the genus Piper (section Churumayu). ].