Peperomia galioides

Peperomia galioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Peperomia
Species: P. galioides
Binomial name
Peperomia galioides
Carl Sigismund Kunth[1]

Peperomia galioides is a species of plant in the Piperaceae family, endemic to Peru. Galioides has petioles of less than 1mm long and leaves between 5-30mm.[2] The leaves of the plant were collected in the Bogotá Botanical Garden, the leaves were then air-dried and its oil abstracted via Clevenger hydrodistillation.[3] It was traditionally used in Peruvian herbal medicine.[4]

References

  1. "Peperomia galioides Kunth". Tropicos.org. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  2. L. Wiggins, Ira; M. Porter, Duncan. Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, 1971. ISBN 0804707324.
  3. Robayo-Gama, Paola A; E. Quijano, Clara; Morales, Gustavo; A Pino. Jorge (August 2008). "Journal of Essential Oil Research". Composition of the Essential Oil From Leaves of Peperomia galioides HBK Grown in Colombia. 22 (4): 307–309. doi:10.1080/10412905.2010.9700332.
  4. Di Leo Lira, Paola; Farfán, Yoni; M. van Baren, Catalina; L. Bandoni, Arnaldo; D. Coussio, Jorge; Pastor De Abram, Ana. "Composition of the Essential Oil of Two Peperomia from Peru" (PDF).
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