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Magnoliopsida
Piper arboreum Aubl.
EOL Text
A tree with an occasional occurrence in central parishes.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Piper secundum is found in Columbia, Ecuador and Peru.
This information was accessed through Tropicos, Discover Life and CAPEA rearing data.
This information is based an ongoing project dedicated to the inventory and dissemination of information on lepidopteran larvae, their host plants, and their parasitoids in an Ecuadorian montane cloud forest.
N=4 herbivore associations as of 2012.
Crambidae: Uknown sp.; N=1.
Geometridae: Eois nov. sp.; N=2.
Noctuidae: Unknown sp.; N=1.
Larval lepidopteran herbivores reared in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies).
Larval lepidopteran herbivores collected from P. secundum in Napo Province, Ecuador (Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies).
For Piper phylogeny see attached pdf (Jaramillo et al., 2008).
For original publication details of Piper secundum see: Fl. Peruv. 1: 36, t. 62 36 1798.
Chile Central
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1998Rare (R)
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Isotype for Piper corozalanum Trel.
Catalog Number: US 796336
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Verified from the card file of type specimens
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Tonduz
Year Collected: 1896
Locality: Bords du Rio Corozal, pres desanto domingo de Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, Central America
- Isotype: Trelease, W. 1929. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 134.
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Leaf: Decoction or cold water infusion used as a treatment for body aches and fevers by the Surinam Tirio. Leaves are heated and used as a band-aid around joints as an antiarthritic, by the Guyana Patamona. Warmed leaves are wrapped around the affected area as a treatment for aches, pains and strains, by the Guyana Patamona. Leaf and Stem: Macerated leaves and stems are used as an anti-venom by the Guyana Patamona.