Piper auritum

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Piper auritum
Vera Cruz Pepper; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa; Root beer plant

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DERIVATION

auritum

- with ears, long-eared, having long ears, auris (stipules)

FAMILY

Piperaceae (Pepper Family) Other Plants in the Pepper Family

HABIT

Tree

GROWTH FORM

Upright

RANGE

Mexico

COMMON NAME(S)

Vera Cruz Pepper | Hierba Santa | Hoja Santa | Root beer plant

Location Map for Piper auritum (Vera Cruz Pepper; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa; Root beer plant)
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Individual Location for Piper auritum:
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Map
Key

Accession
Number

Year

Location

250692*1

2025

Green Roof 1

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FRUITING:
When Piper auritum has been observed fruiting
at Denver Botanic Gardens

2015

2014

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