Piper darienense

Piper darienense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Piper
Species:	P. darienense
Binomial name
Piper darienense C.DC.

Piper darienense is a flowering plant in the family Piperaceae. It is called Duermeboca in Panama.^[1] In El Chocó, the plant is used as a fish poison.^[1] Cuna, an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, call it Kana, and they use it in a bath, for snakebites and colds.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Duke, Jim. "Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary". National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/p.html. Retrieved 2007-10-30.