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Piper caninum

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Native Pepper
• Lada Bantu (Singapore)
• Akar (Sarawak)
• Sireh Utan (Singapore)
• Chabai Hutan
• Lada Hantu
• Lada Anjing
• Akar Kalong

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Borneo
• Brunei
• Java - Indonesia
• Johore
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Perak
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Papua New Guinea
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands

Natural Habitats

• Dense tropical rainforest
• secondary forest
• woodland
• lowland forest
• peat swamp forest

Flowering Times

• May-Jul

Fruiting Times

Slender dioecious epiphytic liana or creeper to 1.5m with pilose twigs & petioles, leaves to 140mm x 70mm glabrous above & nearly glabrous or pubescent beneath, tiny greenish flowers on 120mm long spikes, female inflorescence to 140mm, female flowers with bracts, 8mm brownish-red fruits

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• Mobot
• HKU
• net
• The Plant List 2
• FS
• USNH
• JAA
• P. Chai
• GBS
• FOMP