Piper caninum

Botanical Description

Piper caninum is an evergreen, slender-stemmed, vigorous climbing plant. The stems are capable of reaching up into the forest canopy but, where the light is sufficient, can also be found at ground level as a mass of branching foliage against a tree or scrambling over the ground to make a dense ground cover[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 694 Title Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 Publication Author Nicholson N. & H. Publisher Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. Year 2007 ISBN 9-78095894-3628 Description Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild as a food and a medicine for local use. It is sometimes cultivated as a condiment, and could also be used as a ground cover[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].