Piperaceae
West African pepper
Piper guineense
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Common names
By language (19)
- Asturian
- West African Pepper
- Bambara
- Fyɛfyɛ
- Bulgarian
- Гвинейски пипер
- Czech
- Pepřovník guinejský
- dag
- Nazu
- English
- West African pepper, Pepper
- Esperanto
- Gvinea pipero
- ff
- Citta mosooro
- Hausa
- Masoro
- Igbo
- West African Pepper
- Korean
- 기니후추
- Polish
- Pieprz gwinejski, Pieprz Aszantów, Pieprz czerwony
- Portuguese
- Pimenta-de-são-tomé
- Russian
- Африканский перец
- Serbian
- Ашанти бибер, Гвинејски бибер, Западноафрички бибер, Лажни кубеб
- sg
- Nzânzâambôlï
- Slovenian
- Zahodnoafriški poper
- Spanish
- Pimienta ashanti, Pimienta de Benin, Pimienta de Benín, Pimienta de Guinea
- Ukrainian
- Перець африканський
Synonyms
- Cubeba clusii Miq.
- Piper clusii (Miq.) C.DC.
- Piper demeusei C.DC.
- Piper famechonii Heckel ex C.DC.
- Piper guineense var. clusii (Miq.) Engl.
- Piper guineense var. congolense C.DC.
- Piper guineense var. gilletii C.DC.
- Piper guineense var. thomeanum C.DC.
- Piper guineense var. velutinum De Wild.
- Piper laurentii De Wild.
- Piper leonense C.DC.
- Piper sclerocladum C.DC.
- Piper zenkeri C.DC.
Photos
FruitPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: William Stephens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lisa Hester, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, 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.