Piper darienense

Piper darienense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species: P. darienense
Binomial name
Piper darienense
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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] Cuna, an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, call it Kana, and they use it in a bath, for snakebites and colds.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Duke, Jim. "Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary". National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
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