Kingdom Plantae Family Piperaceae Rank Species | Order Piperales Genus Peperomia | |
Similar Peperomia nivalis, Peperomia rubella, Peperomia camptotricha | ||
Peperomia galioides is a species of plant in the Piperaceae family, endemic to Peru. Galioides has petioles of less than 1mm long and leaves between 5-30mm. The leaves of the plant were collected in the Bogotá Botanical Garden, the leaves were then air-dried and its oil abstracted via Clevenger hydrodistillation. It was traditionally used in Peruvian herbal medicine.
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