Piper tuberculatum
Jacq.
Tuberculate pepper
PiperaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America*, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Haiti*, Honduras, Jamaica*, Mexico, Panama, Peru, South America*, Suriname, Venezuela, West Indies*,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A pepper vine in the tropical family Piperaceae.
Notes
There are between 1000-2000 Piper species. They are mostly in the tropics.
Names & Synonyms
Anisillo, Cordoncillo, Guayoyo, Guisanillo, Lula bakbak, Pimienta-longa
Artanthe decurrens Miq.Artanthe tuberculata (Jacq.) Miq.Piper arboreum subsp. tuberculatum (Jacq.) TebbsPiper nutans Opizand others
References (6)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 492
- Bortolotto, I. M., et al, 2018, Lista preliminar das plantas alimenticias nativas de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Serie Botanica, Porto Alegre, 73 (supl.):101-116 (As Piper arboreum subsp. tuberculatum)
- Grandtner, M. M. & Chevrette, J., 2013, Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press p 507
- Icon. pl. rar. 2:2, t. 211. 1795 ("1786-1793")
- Plants of Haiti Smithsonian Institute http://botany.si.edu/antilles/West Indies
- Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
