Taxon:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.
Summary
Place of publication:
Diss. pl. esc. 76. 1786
Verified:
08/01/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Piper+methysticum&quantity=1
- Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
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Common names
English
kava – kava pepper – kava-kava – kawa pepper – Fijian
yanggona – French
ava – kawa-kawa – German
Kawapfeffer – Spanish
Kavaka – Swedish
kava-kava –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | possibly native on some islands |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | possibly native |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | cult. throughout Oceania |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | sometimes natzd. throughout Oceania |
Native
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia (possibly native on some islands)
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Vanuatu (possibly native)
Cultivated
(cult. throughout Oceania)
Naturalized
(sometimes natzd. throughout Oceania)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | | Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova. |
Human food | beverage base | | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:106. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | source of kawain fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Pl Res SEAs 16:106. 2000 | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:106. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Social | narcotic | | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:106. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Social | religious/secular | | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:106. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Social | religious/secular | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Social | stimulant | | Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 16:106. URL: http://proseanet.org |