Piper alatabaccum Trel. & Yunck.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Piper

Characteristics

Shrub or treelet, 2-3 m tall, glabrous. Petiole 1.2-2.5 cm long, vaginate at base; blade not conspicuously glandular-dotted, elliptic, 20-31 x 6-12 cm, apex long-acuminate, base equally attached to petiole, acute; pinnately veined, secondairy veins 7-10 per side, originating from throughout primary vein. Inflorescence erect; peduncle to 1.2 cm long; spike 5-8 cm long, to 12 cm in fruit, white turning green, not apiculate; floral bracts small, rounded peltate, glabrous, caducous; rachis brownish crisp-pubescent. Fruits separate, obovoid with 4 prominent, deltoid or lobed projections at top, glabrous or papillose, stigmas 4, sessile.
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Shrub or treelet, 2-3 m tall, glabrous. Petiole 1.2-2.5 cm long, vaginate at base; blade not conspicuously glandular-dotted, elliptic, 20-31 x 6-12 cm, apex long-acuminate, base equally attached to petiole, acute; pinnately veined, secondairy veins 7-10 per side, originating from throughout primary vein. Inflorescence erect; peduncle to 1.2 cm long; spike 5-8 cm long, to 12 cm in fruit, white turning green, not apiculate; floral bracts small, rounded peltate, glabrous, caducous; rachis brownish crisp-pubescent. Fruits separate, obovoid with 4 prominent, deltoid or lobed projections at top, glabrous or papillose, stigmas 4, sessile.
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Distribution

Piper alatabaccum world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:197197-2
WFO ID wfo-0000479681
COL ID 4J33X
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INPN ID 734566
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Synonyms

Piper alatabaccum