Piper subscutatum (Miq.) C.DC.

Piperaceae
 

 

 
  

 

 

 

Author: Genoveva Rodriguez

 

Determined by: E.J. Tepe

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Elevation

1300m.

Size

Up to 4m.

Characteristics

Only arborescent found yet at 1200m. Petiole comes inside the leaf and the leaf is ovoid and can get very large. Big node scars, the tree shoots from major stem and has secondary growth of branches too. Leaf has anthuroid texture, very flat and thin.

Location

Pungarayacu river bank.

Herbivores