Peruvian Leaf Pepper
- Product number: 832560.1
- Origin: South America
- Latin: Piper unguiculatum
LIMITED AVAILABILITY. A delicious leaf pepper: especially meat dishes, but also nuts, lemon, shrimp etc. are wrapped in it. A popular snack in South America and Asia! The plant can be placed outdoors in a shady spot during summer, and kept indoors as a houseplant in winter.
Names:
Latin: Piper unguiculatum
Dutch: Peruaanse Bladpeper
Also known as: Javaanse Bladpeper
English: Peruvian Pepperleaf
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- Flower colour: Inconspicuous greenish
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
- Hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: South America
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Piper unguiculatum
- Dutch: Peruvian Aji Amarillo
- Also known as: Javanese Long Pepper
- English: Peruvian Pepperleaf
