PLANTS Profile for Piper methysticum (kava)

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PLANTS Profile

Piper methysticum G. Forst.
kava

Symbol:

PIME

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Piperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

More Information:

Images:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.

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Distribution:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (HI)

Related Taxa:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.

View 3 genera in Piperaceae, 26 species in Piper

Classification:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Piperales
Family	Piperaceae – Pepper family
Genus	Piper L. – pepper
Species	Piper methysticum G. Forst. – kava

Introduced Information:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18313.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Piper methysticum G. Forst.

Australia-International Agricultural Research

HI-Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database

HI-Plants of Hawaii (HEAR)

Herbal Information Resources

IN-Center for New Crops and Plants Products

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)

National Institutes of Health-Medline Plus

Traditional Pacific Island Crops

WA-University of Washington (Family Medicine)

World Wildlife Fund

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 03:05 AM CST