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Synonyms: |
Piper subpeltatum Willd. |
Common names: | Wild pepper (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
A soft-wooded aromatic evergreen shrub, often straggling. Leaves very broadly ovate to almost round, up to 42 × 40 cm, 11-15-veined from a deeply cordate base, dark green above, much paler green below, mostly hairless on both surfaces, except for the base of the veins above, below and along the margins. Flowers in umbellate groups of 2-8 spikes, often on leafless axillary shoots, creamy-white. Fruit minute, less than 1 mm long. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | umbellatum: bearing flowers in umbels |
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Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical. |
Malawi distribution: | S |
Growth form(s): | Perennial, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Balle, S. (1948). Piperaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume I Page 16. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 129. Diniz, M.A. (1996). Piperaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Pages 70 - 71. Diniz, M.A. (1997). Piperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 25 - 26. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 233. Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 444 - 445. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 144. Troupin, G. (1978). Piperaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 284. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 433. |
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