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Piper marginatum
Marigold pepper · Cake bush
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_shade Toxicity: low
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 10–12
Click count
34
Observations
48
Description
Source: leafsnapPiper marginatum, the cake bush, Anesi wiwiri, marigold pepper, Ti Bombé in Creole or Hinojo, is a plant species in the genus Piper found in moist, shady spots in the Amazon rainforest in Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil. The leaves contain flavonoids such as vitexin and marginatoside (6 -O-β gentiobiosyl vitexin). The plant also contains 3,4-Methylenedioxypropiophenone, 2,4,5-Trimethoxypropiophenone, 2-Methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxypropiophenone, 1-(3,4-Methylenedioxyphenyl)propan-1-ol (Marginatumol), 5,4′-Dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone and 5,7-Dihydroxy-4′-methoxyflavanone.An essential oil can be produced from the plant showing deterrent and larvicidal activities against Aedes aegypti.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full shade
Ideal: Full shade
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Ideal: Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Piper
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 8 cm to 40 cm
- Mature Spread
- 20 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Red
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Harvest Time
- All year round
- Native Area
- Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Panama, Jamaica, Colombia, Bahamas, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica
Tags (8)
Common Names (2)
en Marigold pepper
en Cake bush