Piper flexuosum Rudge

Shrub to 2? m tall. Stem densely crisp-pubescent. Petiole 0.5 cm long, crisp-pubescent, vaginate to apex; blade not scabrous, glandular-dotted, elliptic, 8-13 x 3.5-5.5 cm, apex acute, base almost equally attached to petiole, unequally obtuse or acute, glabrous except for veins crisp-pubescent below; pinnately veined, secondary veins 5-7 per side, originating from throughout primary vein, prominent below, tertiary veins inconspicuously reticulate. Inflorescence erect or slightly curved; peduncle 0.5 cm long, crisp-pubescent; spike 4-6 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm thick, apiculate; floral bracts densely marginally fringed. Fruits depressed globose or ovoid, glabrous, stigmas sessile.