Piperaceae FAMILY

Piper interruptum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Piper interruptum is a climbing shrub producing woody stems 20 - 45mm thick[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its stem, which is used locally and also sold in local markets.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Taiwan, ?Indo-China, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea to northeast Australia and possible also to the Pacific Islands

HabitatRainforest at elevations from near sea level to 750 metres in northeast Australia[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ].