Piper aduncum

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Piper aduncum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species:
P. aduncum
Binomial name
Piper aduncum
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Piper angustifolium Ruiz & Pav.
  • Piper celtidifolium
  • Piper elongatum

Piper aduncum, the spiked pepper, matico, hierba del soldado, achotlín, cordoncillo, higuillo or higuillo de hoja menuda,

above sea level
.

Culinary use

Like many species of the family, this tree has the characteristic smell of pepper. The fruits are used as a condiment and for flavoring cocoa.[4] It is sometimes used as a substitute for long pepper.

Traditional medicine

In the

cubeb was often prescribed.[5]

Essential oil

The chemical composition of the essential oil differs depending on the origin, although phenylpropanoid dillapiole is the most cited component, followed by myristicin, 1,8-cineole and β-ocimene.[6][7] The essential oil of P. aduncum was considered a promising insecticide, acaricide and antiparasitic in a 2021 review.[7]

Description

Matico is a tropical,

invasive weed.[2] In parts of New Guinea, although matico is notorious for drying out the soil in the areas where it is invasive, the wood of this plant is nonetheless used by local residents for a myriad of uses such as for fuel and fence posts.[8]

Etymology

According to legends, the plant was discovered for Europeans, not for humanity, by a wounded Spanish soldier named Matico. The natives had been using it before the arrival of Europeans, as such it is not correct to say that Matico discovered it, without the qualification.

styptic and astringent for wounds.[2]

Taxonomy

Piper aduncum was described by Linnaeus and published in Species Plantarum 1: 29. 1753.[9]

Accepted varieties

  • Piper aduncum var. cordulatum (C. DC.) Yunck.
  • Piper aduncum var. ossanum (C. DC.) Saralegui

Synonyms

  • Artanthe adunca (L.) Miq.
  • Artanthe cearensis Miq.
  • Artanthe celtidifolia (Kunth) Miq.
  • Artanthe elongata (Vahl) Miq.
  • Artanthe galeottii Miq.
  • Artanthe galleoti Miq.
  • Artanthe granulosa Miq.
  • Artanthe vellozoana Miq.
  • Lepianthes granulatum Raf.
  • Piper acutifolium var. membranaceum C. DC.
  • Piper aduncifolium Trel.
  • Piper anguillaespicum Trel.
  • Piper angustifolium Ruiz & Pav.
  • Piper cardenasii Trel.
  • Piper celtidifolium Kunth
  • Piper disparispicum Trel.
  • Piper elongatifolium Trel.
  • Piper elongatum Vahl
  • Piper fatoanum C. DC.
  • Piper flavescens (C. DC.) Trel.
  • Piper guanaianum C. DC.
  • Piper herzogii C. DC.
  • Piper intersitum f. porcecitense Trel.
  • Piper kuntzei C. DC.
  • Piper lineatum var. hirtipetiolatum Trel.
  • Piper multinervium M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Piper nonconformans Trel.
  • Piper oblanceolatum var. fragilicaule Trel.
  • Piper pseudovelutinum var. flavescens C. DC.
  • Piper purpurascens D. Dietr.
  • Piper reciprocum Trel.
  • Piper submolle Trel.
  • Steffensia adunca (L.) Kunth
  • Steffensia angustifolia Kunth
  • Steffensia celtidifolia (Kunth) Kunth
  • Steffensia elongata (Vahl) Kunth[10]

References

  1. ^ Barlow, Snow (2003). "Sorting Piper names". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  2. ^ a b c d Taylor, Leslie (2006). "Technical Data Report for Matico (Piper aduncum, angustifolium)" (PDF). Raintree Nutrition, Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-29.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Piper aduncum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ISBN 978-3-540-22279-8
    .
  5. ^ Remington, Joseph P.; Horatio C. Wood, eds. (1918). The Dispensatory of the United States of America. Retrieved 16 February 2021 – via Henriette's Herbal Homepage.
  6. PMID 30994444. Open access icon
  7. ^
    PMID 33944775. Open access icon
  8. S2CID 8593540
    . Retrieved 2007-04-16.
  9. ^ "Piper aduncum L." Tropicos.org. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  10. ^ "Piper aduncum L." The Plant List. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

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