Piper suipigua

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Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 20 1825. (syn: Chavica suipigua Miq.; Piper gamblei C. DC.; Piper glabramentum C. DC.; Piper japvonum C. DC.; Piper nepalense Miq.; Piper peepuloides Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Piper subrigidilimbum C. DC.);
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China (W-Yunnan), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India (Darjeeling) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Large climbing shurb, stems faintly striate when dry, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, dark green when dry, ovate, 8-15 x 3.5-6cm, shortly scuminte, base usually slightly oblique, cuneate to rounded, 3-5-veined at base, with 2 further lateral viens arising 1-2cm above base, veins prominent on both surfaces, glabrous; petioles 8-14mm; stipules narrow, adnate to petiole, early caducous; axillary buds few, subulate, 1-2cm. Male spikes erect, 7-14cm, on peduncle 1-2cm, bracts peltate, subsessile, stamens 3, shortly exserted beyond bracts, anther cells erect, on short stout filaments. Female spikes 3-6cm, slender, on peduncle 1-1.56cm; stigmas 4. Fruiting spikes much elongated, 9-13cm, whitish hairy, interrupted, with scattered ovoid sessile drupes 5-6 x 4mm.

Fl. May-August
Warm and cool broad-leaved forests.
(Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1984 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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SK2036 11 July 2019 : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 600 kb each.

Location:  Phulchoki, Lalitpur 
Date:  3 July 2019
Elevation:  1998 m.
Habit : Wild
Which Piper ??
I guess most of the descriptions matches with Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don !
Attachments (8)- around 450 kb each.
Appears close as per
GBIF (high resolution specimens)

Thank you …! Hope to get some response from …!

Of course it resemble the P. suipigua (P. nepalense) but the spikes are still young and probably the male one.
From fuiting spike the species can easily be identified.

Thank you …! Why is ACFPoN showing two separate IDs instead mentioning Syn for one?

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SK 3855 13 September 2023: 5 high res. images.

Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal
Date: 26 August 2023
Altitude: 1500m.
Habitat : Wild
Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ??

Yes, possible as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2019/08/12/piper-suipigua/

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SK 3869 06 October 2023: 6 very high res. images.

Location: Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 30 September 2023
Altitude:  1740m.
Habitat : Wild
Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don ?? as in https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/AwAJ ??
Typical conical fruits !

Are not such fruits found in many species of Piper?

I guess not

I see similar fruits in
https://efloraofindia.com/2021/04/12/piper-khasianum/

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SK 4000 19 July 2024: 7 very high res. images.
Location: Shivapuri, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Date: 13 July 2024
Altitude: 1887m.
Habitat : Wild

looks like Piper interruptum !

I guess this is not matching and has no distriibutin in Nepal.
https://powo.science.kew.org/names:681773-1

ok dear …, i didn’t check the distribution i guess i may be,

To me appears close to images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2019/08/12/piper-suipigua/

OK

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SK 4011 06 August 2024 – Piper: 10 very high res. images.

Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal
Date: 27 July 2024
Altitude: 2090m.
Habitat : Wild 

To me appears close to images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2019/08/12/piper-suipigua/

Yes it is a male plant and looks Piper suipigua. It’s also close to Piper hamiltonii where the male spike is normally shorter than suipigua.

Yes sir, sometimes it reaches upto 20cm.
The leaf morphology should be compared to the female plants for 100% accuracy.


SK 2892 23 March 2021: 5 very high resolution images.

Location: Godawari, Lalitpur
Date: 11 March 2021
Altitude: 1600m.
Habitat : Wild
Piper longum L. ??

Looks different from images at Piper longum

Checked all sp. Piper plus new one P. rhytidocarpum Hook. f. listed in Nepal
and I guess it matches with Piper nigrum L. Leaf looks a complete match.

Sir it could be P. mullesua. But needs more representation.

But fruiting bunch looks completely different according to Piper mullesua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don and my earlier posts on Piper mullesua Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don !

Though it has got no distribution in Nepal, could it be Piper hymenophyllum Miq. ??

Thanks, …, for high resolution detailed images.
Yes, appears close to images at Piper hymenophyllum (S. India, Sri Lanka, Assam to Indo-China: Assam, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Vietnam as per POWO)
But only experts can decide in view of this complicated genus. 

It may not be hymenophyllum as hymenophyllum has longer fruiting spike and leaves are different in texture.
It probably P. khasianum C. DC

Thank you … ! I shall try to collect sp. and send you details !


I feel it is a little bit different from P. khasianum C. DC !
2 images.

Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
http://plantillustrations.org/out=0&uhd=0

Piper :
SK 2892 23 March 2021

Thank you.

I guess this should be Piper suipigua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don as identified in other posts

from the same plant.