Piper rupununianum Trel. & Yunck.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Piper

Characteristics

Shrub or tree, 1-2 m tall. Stem glabrous or may be sparsely appressed-pubescent. Petiole 0.3-0.6 cm long, glabrous, vaginate usually at base; blade not glandular-dotted, narrowly elliptic or narrowly elliptic-oblong, 14-20 x 5-7 cm, apex long-acuminate, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, acute, glabrous; pinnately veined, secondary veins 3-4 per side, originating from lower 1/2 to lower 2/3 of primary vein, ascending at an angle of 45-60º, plane above, prominulous below, tertiary veins widely reticulate. Inflorescence erect or pendent; peduncle 1-1.5(-3) cm long; spike 5-9 cm long, apiculate; floral bracts densely marginally fringed. Fruits trigonous to obpyramidal, glabrous, glandular, green, stigmas 3, minute, sessile.
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Shrub or tree, 1-2 m tall. Stem glabrous or may be sparsely appressed-pubescent. Petiole 0.3-0.6 cm long, glabrous, vaginate usually at base; blade not glandular-dotted, narrowly elliptic or narrowly elliptic-oblong, 14-20 x 5-7 cm, apex long-acuminate, base equal or almost equally attached to petiole, acute, glabrous; pinnately veined, secondary veins 3-4 per side, originating from lower 1/2 to lower 2/3 of primary vein, ascending at an angle of 45-60º, plane above, prominulous below, tertiary veins widely reticulate. Inflorescence erect or pendent; peduncle 1-1.5(-3) cm long; spike 5-9 cm long, apiculate; floral bracts densely marginally fringed. Fruits trigonous to obpyramidal, glabrous, glandular, green, stigmas 3, minute, sessile.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Piper rupununianum world distribution map, present in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:199044-2
WFO ID wfo-0000485333
COL ID 4J5QN
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Synonyms

Piper rupununianum