Piperaceae

Higuillo de hoja menuda

Piper aduncum L.

Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper

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Higuillo de hoja menuda (Piper aduncum) — FlowerPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (12)

ace: Ranup dong
Arabic: فلفل ضيق الورق, العرطنث, متيكو
arz: فلفل ضيق الورق
bjn: Cambai
Chinese: 树胡椒
English: Higuillo de hoja menuda
Haitian Creole: Bwa majò
Persian: پیپر ادانکوم
Portuguese: Aperta-ruão
Serbian: Матико
Spanish: Achotlin, Achotlín, Higuillo, Higuillo de hoja menuda, Stephensia elongata
Sundanese: Seuseureuhan

Synonyms

Artanthe adunca (L.) Miq.
Steffensia adunca (L.) Kunth

Flowers

In flower: January, April to May, August to November (from 43 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Bellucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marcio Santos Ferreira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vítor Sanchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: LAR Lili, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.