Species Piper capense
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Piper:
Gk. peperi, piper = pepper, probably from Sanskrit, pippali. An old name for pepper, in this case referring to P. longum.
Etymology of capense:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Scientific name:
Piper capense L. f.
Common names:
Bospeper
Wildepeper
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Suppl. Pl. 90 (1782)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1782
Soft, straggling shrub to 3 m. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 5--7-veined from base, glossy above, paler and hairy on veins beneath. Flowers in spadix-like spikes, greenish. Oct.--Nov. Forests and sheltered cliffs, LB, SE (Swellendam to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Piper capense
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Piper capense
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Piper capense
Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Piper capense
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection: