Piperaceae Piper aduncum L.

Engraving from H.Sloane (1707 Jamaican voyage... )
| |	© H.Sloane (Sherardian lib. Oxford)

Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Annandale Falls - GRENADA
• Grand Etang - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Treelet to 6m; nodes v. thickened. Lvs not trinerved; spike v. curved; leaves sandpapery above. Spikes 8-15cm. Fruit 4-sided.

Interest
Piper - from Gk peperi, which is derived from Indian name.

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
s.n.