Understory shrub; can reach heights of 2m.
The leaves of P. peracuminatum are yellowish-green and densely pubescent.
For more detailed description of P. peracuminatum see Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Herbarium.
This information is based an ongoing project dedicated to the inventory and dissemination of information on lepidopteran larvae, their host plants, and their parasitoids in a Costa Rican tropical wet forest.
N=5 herbivore associations as of 2012.
Crambidae: Unknown sp.; N=3.
Noctuiudae: Gonodonta sp.; N=2.
Larval lepidopteran herbivores reared in Heredia Province, Costa Rica (La Selva Biological Station).
For Piper phylogeny see attached pdf (Jaramillo et al., 2008).
For original publication details of Piper peracuminatum see: Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 71(6): 9 9 1920.
P. peracuminatum is found in southern Mexico, Costa Rica and northern Panama.
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Larval lepidopteran herbivores collected from P. peracuminatum in Heredia Province, Costa Rica (La Selva Biological Station).
P. peracuminatum is commonly found in swampy areas.
Piper fusco-granulatum Trel. is a synonym for the accepted name, Piper peracuminatum C.DC.. This information was accessed through The Plant List.