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Piper bredemeyeri

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Identification
Isotype of Piper alveolatifolium Trelease [family PIPERACEAE SP. ] (stored under name); Verified by Trel., 1929 Piper alveolatifolium Trelease [family PIPERACEAE SP. ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Piper bredemeyeri Jacquin [family PIPERACEAE SP. ] Verified by A. Bornstein, 2009
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Flora

Entry for Piper bredemeyeri Jacq. [family PIPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1996) Author: BERNARD VERDCOURT
Names
Piper bredemeyeri Jacq. [family PIPERACEAE]
Information
Shrub 2–3 m. tall or climber to 1.5 m.; stems densely shortly brownish pubescent; leaves ovate to lanceolate, 10–23 cm. long, 3–10 cm. wide, gradually narrowly acuminate at the apex, asymmetrically subcordate at the base, scabrid and finely bullate above, with minute raised reticulation beneath, the walls shortly spreading pubescent and areole surface clearly visible but slightly pubescent; petiole 0.5–1.5(–2.8) cm. long; spikes white, 5.5–10.5 cm. long when developed; floral bracts long-ciliate at margins; stamens 3.
Notes
A native of Columbia and Venezuela has been grown in Tanzania as an ornamental, Dar es Salaam University, plant nursery, 11 Apr. 1976, Wingfield 3368.

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