Piper kadsura

"Japanese Pepper" redirects here. This is also a trade name for Zanthoxylum piperitum fruit (see Sichuan pepper).
Japanese Pepper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae
Genus: Piper
Species: P. kadsura
Binomial name
Piper kadsura
Trel. & Yunck.
Habitus

Piper kadsura (Japanese Pepper) is an East Asian species of pepper vine. It belongs to the magnoliid family Piperaceae family.

In Japanese, it is known as fūtōkazura (風藤).

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