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Macropiper (long or large piper). Piperaceae. A few shrubs of the Pacific Isls., by some included in Piper, but separated by the monopodial rather than sympodial growth of the flowering shoots, and by minor characters. Probably none is in the trade, although a form of the following is mentioned in recent horticultural literature. M. excelsum, Miq. (Piper excelsum, Forst.). Glabrous densely branched aromatic shrub or small tree to 20 ft., in Tahiti, Norfolk Isl., New Zeal., and elsewhere: branches jointed and swollen: lvs. alternate, stalked, broad-ovate or broader, 7-nerved, yellow-green, the petiole winged below: spikes dense, solitary or in 2s, bearing minute unisexual fls.; stamens 2 or 3; stigmas 3 or 4: fr. small yellow berries, densely compacted! Var. aureo-pictum, Hort., has a large cream-colored or yellow blotch on the lf. G.Z. 21, p. 74. For M. methysticum, Hook & Arn., and further discussion, see Piper.
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