Piperaceae FAMILY
Piper interruptum
Piper interruptum
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitClimber
Growth—
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Piper+interruptum>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
- [2]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
- [3]Chilli wood, pepper wood Piper ribesioides Wall., Piper interruptum Opiz — Dorothy Culloty · http://www.foodfromnorthernlaos.com/2010/08/10/chilli-wood/ ↩︎Information on the use of Piper ribesioides and Piper interruptum in cooking in N. Laos