Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
Pepper Elder / Sambur ngilu (Bel.); Daun puyu-puyu (Dus.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
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Annual or terrestrial herb that can reach 40 cm high. Leaves are simple, alternately arranged, glabrous and possessing a mustard-like smell when bruised. Leaf blade is broadly ovate or broadly elliptic, acute or obtuse at apex, cordate or rounded at base with toothed margin and pinnate venation. Stems are erect, succulent, branched and glabrous. Inflorescence a terminal spike or arising from leaf axil. Flowers are tiny, densely flowered and creamy- white. Fruit a globose, brown nutlet
Locally, the aerial parts are boiled with water and eaten as vegetables. The plant is known for its antilarvicidal and antibacterial
It is commonly found in wet forests, on bases of cliffs and near coastal areas.
Seeds and stem cutting.
Native to Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, Malesia and Indo-
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