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Piper melchior, commonly known as the Three Kings kawakawa, is a species of shrub in the family Piperaceae. A dense shrub with dish-shaped leaves, P. melchior is endemic to the Three Kings Islands, where it is found mostly in the shady parts of coastal forests. Its 2023 conservation status in the New Zealand Threat Classification System was "At Risk – Naturally Uncommon".
Piper excelsum subsp. psittacorum · Piper excelsum · Piper guahamense · Piper hooglandii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Piper melchior by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
