Piper sp. Kalimantan 'Watermelon' is a vrarely encountered, beautiful Piper with stunning high-contrast primary and secondary venation on its dark, matte and peltate leaves.
Leaves are peltate or subpeltate, hanging vertically form petiole, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on the undersides, tapering to long-acuminate apex.
Genus name: Latin piper, form Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), form Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “Piper longum”).
Piper sp. Kalimantan 'Watermelon'
Piper sp. Kalimantan 'Watermelon' comes in a 12 cm pot and is ca. 20 cm tall
