Piper cyrtopodum (Miq.) C.Dc.

Species

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Characteristics

Subshrub or herb, 1-3(-4) m tall. Stem pilose with hairs to 2 mm long. Petiole 0.2-1 cm long, pilose, glabrescent, vaginate to apex, sometimes reddish tinged; blade somewhat scabrous, not conspicuously glandular-dotted, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 9-20 x 4-6(-10) cm, margin hardly ciliate, apex acuminate or acute, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, subcordate to rounded, somewhat pilose above, more so below; pinnately veined, secondary veins (4-)6-8 per side, originating from throughout primary vein, plane above, prominent below. Inflorescence pendent; peduncle 0.9-1.6 cm long, pilose, often red; spike 2.5-5 cm long, not apiculate; floral bracts cucullate and pilose on inner side and at base. Fruits ovoid, ca. 2 mm wide, glandular, glabrous, stigmas 3, may be on a short style or fruits apiculate.
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Subshrub or herb, 1-3(-4) m tall. Stem pilose with hairs to 2 mm long. Petiole 0.2-1 cm long, pilose, glabrescent, vaginate to apex, sometimes reddish tinged; blade somewhat scabrous, not conspicuously glandular-dotted, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 9-20 x 4-6(-10) cm, margin hardly ciliate, apex acuminate or acute, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, subcordate to rounded, somewhat pilose above, more so below; pinnately veined, secondary veins (4-)6-8 per side, originating from throughout primary vein, plane above, prominent below. Inflorescence pendent; peduncle 0.9-1.6 cm long, pilose, often red; spike 2.5-5 cm long, not apiculate; floral bracts cucullate and pilose on inner side and at base. Fruits ovoid, ca. 2 mm wide, glandular, glabrous, stigmas 3, may be on a short style or fruits apiculate.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Piper cyrtopodum world distribution map, present in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:681117-1
WFO ID wfo-0001092081
COL ID 4J3TH
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INPN ID 842694
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Synonyms

Piper subscandens Piper cyrtopodum Piper kappleri Piper subciliatum Piper marowinianum Peltobryon cyrtopodum