Piper majusculum Blume

  • Filed As

    Piperaceae
    Piper majusculum Blume

  • Collector(s)

    M. A. Jaramillo 202 with Ricardo Callejas, Ferdiand Gaerlan, Ernesto Reynoso, 24 May 1999

  • Location

    Philippines. Samar. Paranas Mun. Lokilokon. Forest in steep slopes.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2021.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4158403

    Occurrence ID: c35ed293-e344-48da-a5d8-305ca9159109

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Piperales

  • Family

    Piperaceae

  • All Determinations

    Piper majusculum Blume

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Samar

  • County/Municipio

    Paranas Mun.

  • Locality

    Lokilokon. Forest in steep slopes.

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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FLORA OF PHLIPPINES
Piper majusculum Blume	Piperaceae
Climbing vine to 15 m. Leaves dark green above,
plae green beneath. Prophylls prominent and
often persistent, some harboring ants. Male
spikes pendulous white. Growing on dak or
partially exposed sites in the forest interior.
Climbing stems with wide-ovate leaves which
are very different from the elliptic-ovate and
much larger leaves on branching stems.
Loc: Province of Samar. Mun. Lokilokon.
Forest in steep slopes, calcareous rocks with
many species of Ficus, Ericaceae hemiparasites
and Araliaceae vines.
Collectors: M. Alejandra Jaramillo, Ricardo
Callejas, Ferdiand Gaerlan & Ernesto Reynoso.
No, 202
Date: 24 May 1999
Field work supported by the National
Geographic Society.
04158403