Piper macropiper Pennant

Dioecious vine. Leaves with petioles 0.3–2 cm long; lamina broadly to narrowly ovate, 6.3–16.5 cm long, 3–10 cm wide, upper surface glabrous, transparent hairs on petiole extending along veins on lower surface, glabrescent; secondary veins 2 or 3 pairs, radiating from midvein base or slightly above; base rounded, cuneate or cordate, commonly asymmetric with a small auricle; apex acuminate. Spikes solitary, leaf-opposed, pendulous; rachis hairy; peduncle 2.2–5.5 cm long; bracts peltate. Stamens 2 or 3. Female flowers cream. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruiting spike cylindrical, 5–15 cm long, 0.6–1 cm diam. Fruit sessile, oblong-ovoid, closely packed, red when mature.

Grows from lowland areas to 800 m alt., in rainforest, creeping along the ground, climbing over rocks, tree roots and up tree trunks to the canopy.

The fruit and leaves re chewed with betel nut.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.