Piper macropiperPennant

WFO wfo-0000486046 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-20 / obs. 165234871
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165546461
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165597430
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165544491
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165234938
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165546474
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165597397
Piper macropiper, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165544480

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Piper macropiper is native: Taiwan, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Northern Territory, Queensland, Caroline Is., Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is., Venezuela TaiwanBorneoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandNorthern TerritoryQueenslandVenezuela Nicobar Is.Caroline Is.SamoaTongaVanuatuWallis-Futuna Is.
Native distribution of Piper macropiper, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Samoa SAM
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Tonga TON
Vanuatu VAN
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Taiwan TAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Venezuela VEN SOUTHERN AMERICA

Not drawn on the map: Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 37 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chavica glandulosa (Opiz) C.Presl
  • Chavica lanceolata Miq.
  • Chavica macrostachya Miq.
  • Chavica miniata (Blume) Miq.
  • Chavica miniata var. hirtella Miq.
  • Cubeba auriculata (Blume) Miq.
  • Cubeba miniata (Blume) Miq.
  • Piper arborescens Wall.
  • Piper arborescens Roxb.
  • Piper arborescens var. angustilimbum Quisumb.
  • Piper auriculatum Blume
  • Piper boehmeriifolium var. tenuifolium C.DC.
  • Piper breviantherum C.DC.
  • Piper canaliculatum Klotzsch ex Miq.
  • Piper glandulosum Opiz
  • Piper graeffei Warb.
  • Piper graeffei var. cordatum Warb.
  • Piper kotoense Yamam.
  • Piper lanceolatum Roxb.
  • Piper linkii Miq.
  • Piper longipedunculatum C.DC.
  • Piper magnispicum C.DC.
  • Piper miniatum Blume
  • Piper miniatum var. brevispicatum C.DC.

and 13 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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