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Piper excelsum G.Forst.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region
subsp. psittacorum on Kermadec Islands, Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
5
ICN
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
species
Piper excelsum

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excelsum

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Aromatic glab. shrub or tree up to 6m. tall; branches ± zigzag, jointed and swollen at nodes, dark. Lvs opp., on petioles 1-4 cm. long, with adnate stipules; lamina entire, subcoriac., dark to yellowish green, 5-10 × 6-12 cm., broad-ovate to suborbicular, cordate at base, sinus narrow to open; rather abruptly narrowed to obtuse tip; 5-7-(9) sub-palmately nerved. Spikes unisexual, solitary or paired, 2-8 cm. long on peduncles ± 1 cm. long. Fls minute, sessile, very close-set; bract orbicular-peltate; ♂ of 2-(3) stamens, ♀ with 3-(4) stigmas. Drupes very close-set, 2-3 mm. diam., ± angled; exocarp succulent, yellow to orange, broadly obovoid.

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Macropiper excelsum (G.Forst.) Miq.
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
Piper excelsum Forst.f.
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
Piper excelsum Forst.f.

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Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Piper excelsum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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565bcf1c-b098-42d9-9eda-5cc29c3c1a8e
scientific name
Names_Plants
13 October 2005
3 December 2015
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