Piper aduncum

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 29. 1753.

IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Shrubs or small trees, erect, 2-7 m, sparsely pubescent. Leaves: petiole ca. 1/20 length of leaf-blade, not winged. Leaf-blade oblong, ovate, widely lanceolate to elliptic, 11-24 × 4-8 cm, base obliquely rounded to obliquely cuneate, apex acuminate; surfaces abaxially soft-pubescent, adaxially scabrous. Spikes 8-15 cm. Fruits oblong, 2 sides flattened longitudinally, both ends × truncate, apex depressed, regularly pitted or reticulate; beak minute, ca. 0.1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering all year.
Habitat: Thickets, woodland margins
Elevation: 0-20 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/20lengthofleaf-blade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Piper aduncum"
reticulate +  and pitted +
depressed;acuminate +
David E. Boufford +
Linnaeus +
obliquely rounded;obliquely cuneate +
minute +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
Fla. +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
0-20 m +
Thickets, woodland margins +
ascending-arching +
11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (24 cm240 mm <br />0.24 m <br />) +
widely lanceolate;elliptic +
opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
Flowering all year. +
3-4-carpellate +  and 1-carpellate +
flattened +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
drooping +  and ascending-arching +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
hypogynous +
branched +  and simple +
soft-pubescent +
Piper aduncum +
species +
annual +  and perennial +
tree +  and shrub +
epiphytic +  and terrestrial +