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Ethnobotanical Plant Peperomia pellucida

Common Name
Rangu-rangu; Ketumpangan ayer; Sladanan; Renren; Suruhan

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abdomen Java Duke, 1992 *
Abdomen Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Java Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Java Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer(Breast) Nigeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Chest Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Chest Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cold Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cough Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Depurative Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diarrhea Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diarrhea Trinidad Duke, 1992 *