Piperaceae
Piper excelsum
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Common names
By language (2)
- Māori
- Kawakawa
- Spanish
- Kawakawa
Synonyms
- Macropiper excelsum (G.Forst.) Miq.
- Methysticum excelsum (G.Forst.) A.Lyons
Photos
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Margaret Donald, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel Brown, CC BY 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). About our plant data.