Piper darienense

Piper darienense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species:
P. darienense
Binomial name
Piper darienense

Piper darienense is a flowering plant in the family Piperaceae. It is called Duermeboca in Panama.[1] In El Chocó, the plant is used as a fish poison.[1] The Guna, an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, call it Kana, and they use it in a bath, for snakebites and colds.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Duke, Jim. "Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary". National Genetic Resources Program. Archived from the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-10-30.


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