Pepper face: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Pepper face in English is the name of a plant defined with Peperomia obtusifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rhynchophorum obtusifolium (L.) Small (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1989)
· Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. (1825)
· Enum. Pl. (1804)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1937)
· Cytologia (1992)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1973)
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Partial matches: Face.
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