Piper hederaceum (Miq.) C.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Piper

Characteristics

Rainforest vine, mature growth glabrous. Leaves with petioles 0.5–5 cm long; lamina broadly to narrowly ovate, 3–15 cm long, 1.2–12 cm wide; base cuneate, rounded or slightly lobed, asymmetric or symmetric; apex acute to acuminate; veins palmate in cordate leaves or of 2–4 pairs of secondary veins radiating from midvein. Spikes solitary, leaf-opposed, narrow; rachis densely hairy; bract margins minutely ciliate. Female rachis 0.5–7 cm long; peduncle to 4 cm long. Stigmas 3–5, sessile. Fruit pedicellate, spherical, ovoid or obovoid, 0.3–0.6 cm diam., forming an obloid or cylindrical cluster, red at maturity; pedicel terete, base perpendicular to rachis.
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A climber. It forms roots at the nodes that can attach to other things to climb. The leaves are simple, alternate and oval. They are 4-12 cm long by 2-11 cm wide. The leaf stalks have expanded bases.
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Grows in tropical to temperate rainforest and vine forest.
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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The fruit are edible. The seeds can be ground and used as a pepper substitute.
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Images

Piper hederaceum unspecified picture

Distribution

Piper hederaceum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:681632-1
WFO ID wfo-0001265694
COL ID 77L9N
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Synonyms

Piper australasicum Cubeba hederacea Piper paramattense Chavica huegeliana Piper hederaceum

Lower taxons

Piper hederaceum var. longiorispicum