Piperaceae
Higuillo
Piper dilatatum
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Higuillo
Synonyms
- Artanthe corylifolia (Kunth) Klotzsch
- Artanthe hirtula C.Presl
- Artanthe ulmifolia Miq.
- Artanthe ulmifolia var. brevipedunculata Miq.
- Piper angustilimbum C.DC.
- Piper balbisianum C.DC.
- Piper calciseligens Trel. ex Stehlé
- Piper corylifolium (Kunth) Kunth ex Steud.
- Piper cryptocarpum Trel. & Yunck.
- Piper dilatatifolium Trel. & Yunck.
- Piper dilatatum f. calcicolens Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum f. diamantense Trel. ex Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum f. dilatatifolium (Trel. & Yunck.) Steyerm.
- Piper dilatatum f. diversifolium Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum f. guayranum (C.DC.) Steyerm.
- Piper dilatatum f. longipilum Steyerm.
- Piper dilatatum f. magnifolium Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum f. medium Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum f. naris-fractae Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum f. regresivanum (Trel. & Yunck.) Steyerm.
- Piper dilatatum f. vauclinii Trel. ex Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum var. broadwayi Trel. ex Stehlé
- Piper dilatatum var. vincentianum C.DC.
- Piper eggersii C.DC.
- Piper gracilispicum C.DC.
- Piper grahamii Trel.
- Piper guayranum C.DC.
- Piper guayranum var. humilius (C.DC.) Trel. & Yunck.
- Piper hirtulum (C.Presl) C.DC.
- Piper ignacioanum Trel. & Yunck.
- Piper lambeauense C.DC.
- Piper margaritanum C.DC.
- Piper milleri C.DC.
- Piper readii C.DC.
- Piper regresivanum Trel. & Yunck.
- Piper seitzii C.DC.
- Piper subscabridum C.DC.
- Piper tenuiamentum C.DC.
- Piper tobagoanum C.DC.
- Piper tobagoanum var. humilius C.DC.
and 5 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.