Piper aduncum

TaxID: 130377

Basic Information

Piper aduncum

Bamboo Piper, Spiked Pepper

Piper aduncum, the spiked pepper, matico, hierba del soldado, achotl n, cordoncillo, higuillo or higuillo de hoja menuda, is a flowering plant in the family Piperaceae. Like many species in the family, the matico tree has a peppery odor. It grows wild on the coasts and in the forests of Central and South America and in the Interandean Valleys, up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Piperales

Piperaceae

Piper

aduncum

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Absent —
Timor-Leste Quarantine pests —

Distribution (40 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
China Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cuba Present —
Germany Present —
Dominica Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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