Piperaceae
Jamaican pepper
Piper hispidum
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Jamaican pepper
Synonyms
- Artanthe aspera Miq.
- Artanthe asperifolia Miq.
- Artanthe asperifolia f. surinamensis Miq.
- Artanthe controversa Miq.
- Artanthe hirsuta Miq.
- Artanthe hispida (Sw.) Miq.
- Artanthe kunthiana (Steud.) Miq.
- Artanthe obesa Miq.
- Artanthe olfersiana (Kunth) Klotzsch
- Artanthe opizii (Kunth) Miq.
- Artanthe scabra (Kunth) Miq.
- Artanthe scabra var. hirsuta (Sw.) Griseb.
- Lindeniopiper williamsii Trel.
- Piper aegrum Trel.
- Piper alluvicola C.DC.
- Piper amnigaudens Trel.
- Piper angremondii C.DC.
- Piper articulosum D.Parodi
- Piper articulosum Trel.
- Piper asperifolium Rich.
- Piper asperrimicaule Trel.
- Piper asperum Pers.
- Piper bayamonanum Trel.
- Piper canescenticaule Trel.
- Piper canescenticaule var. expansum Trel.
- Piper catucheanum Trel. & Yunck.
- Piper cinereoramulum Trel.
- Piper fruticosum Steud.
- Piper glaberrimicaule Trel.
- Piper hirsutum Sw.
- Piper hirsutum var. fuscopunctulatum C.DC.
- Piper hirsutum var. jamaicense C.DC.
- Piper hirsutum var. magnifolium C.DC.
- Piper hirsutum var. olfersianum (Kunth) C.DC.
- Piper hispidinervum C.DC.
- Piper hispidum f. lanceolatum (Trel. & Yunck.) Steyerm.
- Piper hispidum f. patulipilum (Yunck.) Steyerm.
- Piper hispidum f. surinamense (Miq.) Steyerm.
- Piper hispidum var. albescens C.DC.
- Piper hispidum var. ellipticifolium Yunck.
and 38 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: laurent petit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Claudio Martins de Souza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: amystoso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jean Michel vivard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.