Piperaceae
Moth pepper
Piper blattarum
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Piper blattarumPiperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Moth pepper
Synonyms
- Enckea blattarum (Spreng.) Kunth
- Micropiper blattarum (Spreng.) Miq.
- Peperomia blattarum (Spreng.) A.Dietr.
- Piper blattarum var. magnifolium C.DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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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.