Piperaceae
Caracas pepper
Piper jacquemontianum
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Genus
- Piper
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Piper jacquemontianumPiperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Caracas pepper
Synonyms
- Artanthe jacquemontiana (Kunth) Miq.
- Artanthe jalapensis Miq.
- Artanthe trichostachya Miq.
- Piper citrifolium Lam.
- Piper citrifolium var. cookii C.DC.
- Piper jalapense (Miq.) C.DC.
- Piper longicuspe Willd. ex Kunth
- Piper preslii C.DC.
- Piper pseudojalapense McKown
- Piper rugosum Vahl
- Piper sagax Trel.
- Piper wydlerianum C.DC.
- Steffensia citrifolia Kunth
- Steffensia jacquemontiana Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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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.