Piper capense L.fil. is a plant in the Piperaceae family, order Piperales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Piper capense L.fil.

Piper capense L.fil.

Piper capense is a Piper genus pepper relative of black pepper, whose berries are used as the spice African long pepper.

Family
Genus
Piper
Order
Piperales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Piper capense L.fil.

Piper capense is a pepper species that belongs to the genus Piper. It is a relative of black pepper (Piper nigrum). The berries of Piper capense are used as a spice, which is known by several common names: African long pepper, Ethiopian long pepper, and timiz.

Photo: (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Piperales Piperaceae Piper

More from Piperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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