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Piper carpunya

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

• Tilomga (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• woodland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec Jul-Aug (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Scandent glabrous shrub to 5m, tree or epiphytic vine with fragrant leaves to 100mm x 50mm. Leaf-opposed spikes 70mm x 4mm with bracts, pale yellow flowers becoming dull green, brown berry

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Standley