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Piperaceae

Common piper

Piper lanatum Roxb.

Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Piper

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Common piper: Leaves and fruit of Piper lanatum (formerly P. caninum ) on the Lamb Range near Cairns, Australia, August 2021
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
English
Common piper
Japanese
ピペル・カニヌム
Malay
Sirih hutan

Synonyms

  • Chavica haenkeana C.Presl
  • Chavica viminalis Miq.
  • Cubeba canina (Blume) Miq.
  • Cubeba lanata Miq.
  • Cubeba lowong (Blume) Miq.
  • Peperomia lanata A.Dietr.
  • Piper acutibaccum C.DC.
  • Piper apoanum C.DC.
  • Piper arborescens Thwaites
  • Piper arborisedens C.DC.
  • Piper banksii Miq.
  • Piper basilanum C.DC.
  • Piper boerlagei C.DC.
  • Piper bombycatum Noronha
  • Piper bonthainense C.DC.
  • Piper cabadbaranum C.DC.
  • Piper caninum Blume
  • Piper caninum var. latibracteum C.DC.
  • Piper caninum var. thwaitesii (C.DC.) Hook.f.
  • Piper dagatpanum C.DC.
  • Piper densibaccum C.DC.
  • Piper gelalae C.DC.
  • Piper haenkeanum Opiz
  • Piper hallieri C.DC.
  • Piper hirsutissimum D.Dietr.
  • Piper javanicum C.DC.
  • Piper kietanum C.DC.
  • Piper lowong Blume
  • Piper malalaganum C.DC.
  • Piper marivelesanum C.DC.
  • Piper merrittii C.DC.
  • Piper merrittii var. parvifolium C.DC.
  • Piper negrosense C.DC.
  • Piper obovatibracteum C.DC.
  • Piper parcipilum C.DC.
  • Piper pedunculatum Reinw. ex Miq.
  • Piper perpunctatum C.DC.
  • Piper pilobracteatum Chaveer. & Sudmoon
  • Piper sablanum Quisumb.
  • Piper tenuipedunculum C.DC.

and 4 more.

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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.