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Piper amalago Rough leaved pepper - originally native to Mexico Costa Rica,Pepper elder,Piper amalago,Tortuguero Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Piper amalago

Rough leaved pepper - originally native to Mexico

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    http://tropical.theferns.info/image.php?id=Piper+amalago Posted 5 years ago
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    Nice one! I haven't seen this before! Posted 5 years ago
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      I didn't know there was a central American pepper until our hosts showed it to us and let us taste - a nice peppery flavour Posted 5 years ago

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The Pepper elder

Pepper elder is a rather slender, often much branched, evergreen shrub or small tree, commonly growing 1.5-3m tall, though sometimes up to 6 metres. In semi-cultivation as a medicinal plant in E Mexico.

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Similar species: Piperales
Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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Uploaded Mar 9, 2020. Captured Aug 3, 2018 17:28.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX620 HS
  • f/3.2
  • 1/40s
  • ISO160
  • 4.5mm