Piper arboreum
Piperaceae FAMILY

Piper arboreum

Piper arboreum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Grows best in a shady position[1]. An aromatic plant[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Piper+arboreum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
  2. [2]Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 19 — The British Museum; London. · 1989 · ISBN 0-565-08025-3 ↩︎A botanical journal, amongst other articles, it contains a revision of the genus Piper (section Macrostachys).
  3. [3]Medicinal Plants of the Guianas — DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. · Smithsonian Museum · http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html ↩︎A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region