Piperaceae
Pepper
Piper fragile
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pepper
Synonyms
- Chavica benthamiana Miq.
- Piper barclayanum C.DC.
- Piper carolinense Hosok.
- Piper trukense Hosok.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.