Piper asterotrichum

C. DC.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the wet tropics.

Peru, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tree. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are oval and taper towards the top. The flower spikes are white.

Names & Synonyms

Cordoncillo, Kaech, Katech, Unkuch, Untuntup

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 664