Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Piperaceae

Genus:

Piper

Species:

Piper capense var. capense

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Cape Provinces, West Tropical Africa: Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda