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Piper insectifugum

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

C. de Candolle ex Seemann

Common Names

• Wajawa (Fiji)
• Wagawa (Fiji)
• Wa Kawa (Fiji). Wa Nggawa (Fiji)

Geographical Habitats

• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamside
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous scandent glabrous radicant vine or subscandent shrub becoming a high liana. Glabrous leaves to 90mm x 70mm. Slender inflorescence, greenish-white flowers

Further References

• JPS
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FV
• JAA
• GBS