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Piperaceae

Piper darienense C.DC.

Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper

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Piper darienense: From Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia, the anesthetic leaves of this species were once chewed to alleviate toothache, and this gave it the name of Duelemeboc
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
Spanish
Duermeboca

Synonyms

  • Ottonia glaucescens Miq.
  • Piper acuminatissimum C.DC.
  • Piper darienense var. tricuspe Trel.
  • Piper fagopyricarpum Trel.
  • Piper laxispicum Trel.
  • Piper laxispicum var. latifolium Trel.
  • Piper permari Trel.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.