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Piper marginatum Jacq.

Marigold pepper (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Piper

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree with moderate to rather short internodes; branches slen-der, glabrous and blackish when dry; leaves round-ovate, 8-15 cm. wide X 10-20 cm. long, or rarely some leaves somewhat larger, apex acuminate to long-attenuate-acuminate, base openly cordate or occasionally subtruncate, glabrous on both sides except for slight ciliation and submarginal silkiness, palmately 9-to 11-nerved, nerves entirely free, or the inner-most pair of laterals slightly coalescing with the midrib at the base, cross-con-necting and anastomosing nervules rather prominent, the leaf margins confluent across the top of the petiole, drying mem-branous, translucent, pellucid-dotted; pet-iole up to 4 cm. long or on larger leaves somewhat longer, vaginate-winged to near the blade; spikes 2-4 mm. thick when mature and up to 10-13 cm. or occas-ionally 20 cm. long; peduncle about 10 mm. long; bracts transversely triangular-peltate, marginally fringed; fruit smooth, obpyramidal, angular; stigmas 3, linear, sessile.
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Subshrub or treelet, to 3 m tall; fragrant like anise. Petiole vaginate to apex, 4 cm long, glabrous; blade not dark glandular-dotted, rounded to ovate, 10-12 x 8-15 cm, margin ciliate, apex (long-)acuminate, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, deeply cordate, glabrescent or veins puberulent; palmately 9-11-veined. Inflorescence erect and recurved; peduncle 1 cm long, glabrous; spike 10-13(-20) cm long; floral bracts densely marginally fringed. Fruits oblongoid, glabrous, stigmas 3, sessile.
Subshrub or treelet, to 3 m tall; fragrant like anise. Petiole vaginate to apex, 4 cm long, glabrous; blade not dark glandular-dotted, rounded to ovate, 10-12 x 8-15 cm, margin ciliate, apex (long-)acuminate, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, deeply cordate, glabrescent or veins puberulent; palmately 9-11-veined. Inflorescence erect and recurved; peduncle 1 cm long, glabrous; spike 10-13(-20) cm long; floral bracts densely marginally fringed. Fruits oblongoid, glabrous, stigmas 3, sessile.
A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are used as a spice.
Uses medicinal spice tea
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Apertif (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Enema (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Douche (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
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Images

Leaf

Piper marginatum leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Piper marginatum leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Piper marginatum leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Piper marginatum flower picture by Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan (cc-by-sa)
Piper marginatum flower picture by Gómez Ely (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Piper marginatum world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:682138-1
WFO ID wfo-0000486009
COL ID 4J4S6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734595
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ottonia burchellii Piper caudatum Piper anisatum Piper quiriguanum Piper uncatum Artanthe alaris Artanthe catalpifolia Artanthe marginata Piper alare Piper pseudomarginatum Schilleria catalpifolia Piper marginatum f. marginatum Piper undeninervium Piper catalpifolium Piper patulum Piper nhandi Schilleria caudata Schilleria marginata Artanthe caudata Piper san-joseanum Piper san-joseanum var. remediosense Piper san-joseanum var. panamanum Piper sanjoseanum var. minor Piper san-joseanum var. kobense Piper san-joseanum var. chiriquinum Piper san-joseanum var. tabogense Piper patulum var. cordifolium Piper marginatum var. catalpifolium Piper marginatum var. marginatum Piper niceforoi var. glabricaule Piper marginatum var. anisatum Piper marginatum var. clausum Piper marginatum var. domatiiferum Piper marginatum var. firmum Piper uncatum var. levyanum Piper marginatum

Lower taxons

Piper marginatum var. niceforoi
WorldFloraDB 2024