Wild Flowering Plants
| Piperaceae family Piper dilatatum Richard, Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105. 1792. Malenbé. Bwa mal lèstomak. Indigenous very common shrub of semi-evergreen seasonal forest and rivers especially disturbed areas, forest edges, and lower level of lower montane rainforest. Antigua, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad, Mesoamerica, South America. Very similar to Piper dussii. See images for differences. Piper dilatatum is usually found at lower elevations but mixed populations are found around the forest edge. Local medicinal uses Leaves are fed to small animals. |
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