This is the jungle version of our table pepper - Piper porphoryphyllum aff, is a humidity loving plant quite often seen in the Malaysian forest. It may be seen creeping along the undergrowth until it finds a good support from which it continue its growh upwards as shown. It is not an easy plant to grow in a normal garden although it is very ornamental. It will quickly succumb to even short periods of low humidity.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A forest pepper
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Wow - wish it was easier to grow, those leaves are really something.
Look very similar to Piper pedicellosum.
A wild pepper call Piper pedicellosum look very similar. It may be a synonym. Taste exactly like a betel leaves.
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