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Family: AristolochiaceaeLocal name(Telugu)Gadidagadapa, Nalla eswariDistribution: Common as a weed in tropical Asia and AfricaA perennial prostrate herb, branches up to 30cm long, Leaves cordate-reniform, base cordate, Flowers solitary, axilary, dark purple, perianth tube4-5cm long, the tube inflatd below, then contracted in to a cylindrical neck, then expanded in a dialated oblique limb with revolute margins. Stamens 6 adnate and around the style column, ovary inferior 6 celled, ovules many 2 seriate, Fruit a septicidal capsule, 12 ribbed,splitting through placentas. Decoction of the roots and leaves are used as anthelmenticand for insect bites.Photographed at Nellore. Ref: Flora of Presidency of Madras By J.S.Gamble.
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Alaala wai nui or Singlespike peperomiaPiperaceaeEndemic 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/plant/view/Peperomia_sandwicensis
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Noda-shi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Karekare, Auckland Region, New Zealand
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Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
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Transpantaneira, Pocon, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL
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Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia
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Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Umbellularia californicaCalifornia bay tree. Photographed along Old Briones Road Trail, Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County, CA.
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Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Orinda, California, United States
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Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Sweetsop (Annona squamosa, Annonaceae).
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Toro Amarillo, Alajuela, Costa Rica
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Michael D. Pirie, Lars W. Chatrou, Paul J. M. Maas
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Figure 13.
a–bCremastospermabrevipes (DC.) R.E.Fr. a flowers (Maas et al. 8064; photo PJMM) b fruit (Mori et al 22721; photo Scott Mori) c–eC.bullatum Pirie c, e Flowering specimen (Pirie et al. 94; photos c MDP e Robin van Velzen) d leaf base showing bullate corrugations of the lamina and long golden indument (Pirie et al. 71; photo: MDP) f, gC.cauliflorum R.E.Fr. Flowering specimens (fMaas et al. 9029, photo PJMM gChatrou et al. 224, photo LWC) h–jC.dolichocarpum Pirie. Flowering and fruiting specimen (Pedraza et al. 2146; photos: María F. González).
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil
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[Syn. Peperomia resediflora]Flowering peperomiaPiperaceaeNative to EcuadorOahu (Cultivated), Hawaii, USA