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Piper borbonense
Also called Tsiperifery
Piper borbonense is a climbing vine in the pepper family, closely related to black pepper, whose berries are used as a spice called voatsiperifery. It needs a sturdy support to climb on and is best suited to warm, humid, frost-free conditions.
Piper borbonense is a species of plant in the genus Piper. A close relative of black pepper, its berries are used as a spice known as voatsiperifery, which comes from voa, the Malagasy word for fruit, and tsiperifery, the local name of the plant. A wild pepper, it grows in Madagascar.
It can reach up to 20 metres and needs natural plant support.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
