Flowering branch; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/2000 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 32 Date of entry: 30.11.2005 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Spiked Pepper
Kingdom: Plantae (2592)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2489)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2104)
Order: Piperales (12)
Family: Piperaceae (10)(family description)
Genus: Piper (4)
Epithet: aducum L. (1)
aducum => from latin 'aduncus' meaning hooked
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: green
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