Distribution Map

Piper capense var. capense

               
Wild Pepper
(Piper capense)

Piperaceae   

As at April 2024, 9 herbarium specimens, 1 photo record, 14 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Piper capense - Small soft tree or straggling shrub. Leaves hairless in opposite pairs; stalk 1—2 cm long; blade slightly heart-shaped or square at base, broadly oval, tapering to narrow point, with 5—7 principal veins diverging from point of attachment of stalk, paler underneath, up to 10 cm long x 6 cm wide. Inflorescence a white catkin up to 6 cm long by 5 mm diam. Flowers small and numerous, densely borne, stalkless; ovary spherical, with two spreading stigmas.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.