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Piper excelsum

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID644001d62cdf6918537507
Scientific name Piper excelsum
Authority G.Forst.
First published in Fl. Ins. Austr. : 5 (1786)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Methysticum excelsum (G.Forst.) A.Lyons Pl. Nam. : 247 (1900)
Macropiper excelsum (G.Forst.) Miq. Syst. Piperac. (F.A.W. Miquel) 221 (1843).

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Language Common/alternative name
mi kawakawa

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Piper excelsum subsp. delangei (R.O.Gardner) de Lange New Zealand J. Bot. 50: 486 (2012)
Piper excelsum subsp. peltatum (R.O.Gardner) de Lange New Zealand J. Bot. 50: 486 (2012)
Piper excelsum subsp. excelsum Unknown

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000479181
Tropicos 50218074
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:681346-1
Open Tree Of Life 1091996
NCBI Taxonomy 286065
IUCN Red List 161483118
IPNI 681346-1
iNaturalist 404899
GBIF 4183998
Freebase /m/06xvgf
EPPO PIPEX
Wikipedia Piper_excelsum

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Elevated abundance of Komagataeibacter results in a lower pH in kombucha production; insights from microbiomic and chemical analyses Ohwofasa A, Dhami M, Winefield C, On SL Curr Res Food Sci 18-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900771
doi:10.1016/j.crfs.2024.100694
PMID:38420346
Exploring the Chemical Space of Kawakawa Leaf (Piper excelsum) Jayaprakash R, Ramzan F, Miles-Chan JL, Foster M, Mithen RF, Pook C Nutrients 05-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9741024
doi:10.3390/nu14235168
PMID:36501198
Detection parameters for managing invasive rats in urban environments Mackenzie HR, Latham MC, Anderson DP, Hartley S, Norbury GL, Latham AD Sci Rep 03-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9530159
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20677-8
PMID:36192476
“Ko Au te Whenua, Ko te Whenua Ko Au: I Am the Land, and the Land Is Me”: Healer/Patient Views on the Role of Rongoā Māori (Traditional Māori Healing) in Healing the Land Mark G, Boulton A, Allport T, Kerridge D, Potaka-Osborne G Int J Environ Res Public Health 13-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9319018
doi:10.3390/ijerph19148547
PMID:35886397
Acute Effects of Kawakawa (Piper excelsum) Intake on Postprandial Glycemic and Insulinaemic Response in a Healthy Population Ramzan F, Jayaprakash R, Pook C, Foster M, Miles-Chan JL, Mithen R Nutrients 14-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9032225
doi:10.3390/nu14081638
PMID:35458200
A higher-protein nut-based snack product suppresses glycaemia and decreases glycaemic response to co-ingested carbohydrate in an overweight prediabetic Asian Chinese cohort: the Tū Ora postprandial RCT Lu LW, Silvestre MP, Sequeira IR, Plank LD, Foster M, Middleditch N, Acevedo-Fani A, Hollingsworth KG, Poppitt SD J Nutr Sci 23-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8141680
doi:10.1017/jns.2021.20
PMID:34094511
Introduction of mammalian seed predators and the loss of an endemic flightless bird impair seed dispersal of the New Zealand tree Elaeocarpus dentatus Carpenter JK, Kelly D, Moltchanova E, O'Donnell CF Ecol Evol 08-May-2018
PMCID:PMC6024123
doi:10.1002/ece3.4157
PMID:29988419
The Emergence of Earliest Angiosperms may be Earlier than Fossil Evidence Indicates Salomo K, Smith JF, Feild TS, Samain MS, Bond L, Davidson C, Zimmers J, Neinhuis C, Wanke S Syst Bot 18-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5792071
doi:10.1600/036364417X696438
PMID:29398773
Cambial variations of Piper (Piperaceae) in Taiwan Yang SZ, Chen PH Bot Stud 29-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5432890
doi:10.1186/s40529-017-0172-z
PMID:28510200
The essential oil of macropiper excelsum (kawakawa) Lindsay H. Briggs Wiley 11-Jul-2007
doi:10.1002/JCTB.5000600709
Inhibitory effect of delphinidin from Solanum melongena on human fibrosarcoma HT-1080 invasiveness in vitro. Nagase H, Sasaki K, Kito H, Haga A, Sato T Planta Med 01-Apr-1998
doi:10.1055/S-2006-957412
PMID:9581517

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Myristicin 4276 Click to see 192.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JCTB.5000600709

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