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Alaala wai nuiPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.nativeplants.hawaii.edu
Also known as P. kunthiana. Native to the mountains of northwestern South America. Photo from above Papallacta Hotsprings, Ecuador, where it is known as Tigrisillo del Monte. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/magnoliids/index.html
shrub to 3.5 m, stems grey, 4 cm diameter, leaves aromatic when crushed; inflorescence creamm maturing yellow-green. Photo Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
shrub to 3.5 m, stems grey, 4 cm diameter, leaves aromatic when crushed; inflorescence creamm maturing yellow-green. Photo Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
shrub to 3.5 m, stems grey, 4 cm diameter, leaves aromatic when crushed; inflorescence creamm maturing yellow-green. Photo Project web address: www.inbio.ac.cr/pila-darwin/
A species reported widely in the Neotropics; known as Rough-leaved Pepper in English and as Cordoncillo here near the Argentina-Brazil border by Iguazu.
Alaala wai nui or Arid-land peperomiaPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.NPH00005nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Peperomia_blanda_flori...
Alaala wai nui or Arid-land peperomiaPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Peperomia_blanda_flori...
Alaala wai nui or Arid-land peperomiaPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.NPH00004nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Peperomia_blanda_flori...
Alaala wai nui or Arid-land peperomiaPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsKpukapuala, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Peperomia_blanda_flori...
Alaala wai nui or Arid-land peperomiaPiperaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsKpukapuala, Hawaii IslandEarly Hawaiians produced from the leaves and stems of Peperomia spp. a rich gray green dye called ahiahia, or puahia, made from the ashes was used for dying kapa (tapa) by the early Hawaiians.Medicinally, the juice was used as a tonic and for inner ear disorders. Various parts of the plants with other ingredients were used orally for fetid vaginal discharge, debilitating consumption, relapse after recovery from illness, severe asthma, and possibly for various stages of appendicitis.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Peperomia_blanda_flori...
Wheeler's peperomiaPiperaceaeEndemic to Puerto Rico (Culebra and the Quebradillas area)IUCN: EndangeredOahu, Hawaiian Islands (Cultivated)Just before re-potting.
