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Flora Data (Last Modified On 11/20/2012)

Species	PIPER ARBOREUM Aubl.
PlaceOfPublication	Hist. Pl. Guian. Fr. 1:23. 1775.
Synonym	Piper macrophyllum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 15. 1788. Piper geniculatum loc. cit. 1788. Piper verrucosum loc. cit. 1788. Piper nitidum loc. cit. 1788. Piper nodulosum Link in Jahrb. d. Gewichsk. 13:62. 1820, name only; Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 1:36. 1821. Steffensia xylopioides Kunth, in Linnaea 13:610. 1839. Piper xylopioides Kunth, loc. cit. 1839. Steffensia? nitida Kunth, loc. cit. 611. 1839. Steffensia geniculata Kunth, loc. cit. 612. 1839. Piper secundum Poepp. in hb. fide Kunth, loc. cit. 1839. Steffensia? verrucosa Kunth, loc. cit. 613. 1839. Steffensia Luschnathiana Kunth, loc. cit. 616. 1839. Piper Luschnathianum Kunth, loc. cit. 617. 1839. Artanthe Lessertiana Miq. Syst. Pip. 405. 1844. Artanthe xestophylla Miq. loc. cit. 491. 1844. Artanthe xylopioides Miq. loc. cit. 492. 1844. Artanthe geniculata Miq. loc. cit. 493. 1844. Artanthe Luschnathiana Miq. loc. cit. 494. 1844. Artanthe verrucosa Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 171. 1864. Artanthe macrophylla Griseb. loc. cit. 1864. Piper arboreum f. geniculacta Fawc. & Rend., Fl. Jam. 3:23. 1914. Piper laevibracteum Trel. in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 26:26. 1927. Piper subnudispicum Trel. loc. cit. 1927. Piper tuberculatum var. Alleni Trel. in Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 27:298. 1940.
Description	A glabrous, somewhat nodose shrub, or small tree, mostly 2-7 m. tall; flowering internodes rather short but slender, more or less verrucose-warty; leaves elliptic- ovate, oblong, or lance-elliptic, mostly 6-11 cm. wide X 10-25 cm. long, apex gradually acute to short-acuminate, rounded at base, or narrow leaves acute, one side 5-10 mm. shorter at the petiole, or occasional leaves equilateral, pinnately nerved throughout, the nerves 8-10 on each side with some intermediates; petiole 5-10 plus 5-10 mm. long, vaginate-winged to the blade with the wings protracted beyond the lower blade margin; spikes rather slender and elongated, 2-4 mm. thick and up to 15 cm. long but mostly 5-10 cm.; peduncle 5-10 mm. long and mod- erately stout; bracts triangular-subpeltate, marginally ciliolate; fruit elongated with the rachis, glabrous; stigmas 3, sessile.
Habit	shrub
Distribution	West Indies, northern South America, and Panama.
Specimen	CHIRIQUI: Cerro Vaca, alt. 900-1136 m., Pittier 5324. COCLE: north rim of El Valle de Ant6n, alt. 600-1000 m., Allen i640. CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Gatu'n Lake, Standley 4108q; Maxon, Harvey d Valentine 68I3; vicinity of Fort Sherman, Standley 3III5. COLON: Loma de la Gloria, near Fat' (Nombre de Dios), alt. 10-104 m., Pittier 4241.

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