{"product_id":"piper-sylvaticum","title":"Piper sylvaticum","description":"A decorative, trailing to creeping pepper plant from Southeast Asia and India with beautifully white-patterned leaves. Rather slow-growing and quite robust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This plant is sold (also by us) under the name \u003cem\u003ePiper sylvaticum\u003c\/em\u003e , but unfortunately there is a small problem: This plant is \u003cstrong\u003edefinitely not\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePiper sylvaticum\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe true \u003cem\u003e*P. sylvaticum* is\u003c\/em\u003e , frankly, rather boring. It has no white markings on its leaves and a different leaf shape as well. Unfortunately, the name has been so frequently misused by plant enthusiasts that the incorrectly named images have overshadowed the correct images from scientific sources. If you'd like to see for yourself that \u003cem\u003e*P. sylvaticum*\u003c\/em\u003e actually looks quite different: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/occurrence\/gallery?taxon_key=4185269\"\u003eHere\u003c\/a\u003e are some pictures of herbarium specimens of the species, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Kishwar-Shethi\/publication\/334045420_Morphoanatomical_profile_of_five_species_of_Piper_L_from_Bangladesh_and_its_taxonomic_significance\/links\/5d14c654a6fdcc2462a99ef2\/Morphoanatomical-profile-of-five-species-of-Piper-L-from-Bangladesh-and-its-taxonomic-significance.pdf\"\u003ehere (PDF download)\u003c\/a\u003e is a recent scientific paper that describes the species precisely and also includes images.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow the question remains, of course: What exactly is this plant?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unfortunately, we don't know for sure. There are over 1000 described Piper species and several dozen known but undescribed ones. Two candidates for the correct name of this species are \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/plantsoftheworldonline.org\/taxon\/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:683636-1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiper sylvestre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/home.kku.ac.th\/raccha\/Eng-piper-sample.html\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiper maculaphyllum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e . Unfortunately, there is very little information about these two, but at least they do have a white marking similar to what we commonly know as \" \u003cem\u003ePiper sylvaticum\u003c\/em\u003e \".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Strong young plant in a 9 cm square pot. Approx. 20-30 cm long.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: Piper species are very sensitive to temperature. The plants will only be shipped again in styrofoam boxes with heat packs once nighttime temperatures are consistently between 12 and 15 °C. This may not be until the end of February or even March. Until then, paid plants will remain in our greenhouse and are reserved for you. Orders containing Piper species will NOT be split into partial shipments. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at webshop@jungle-leaves.de.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Jungle Leaves","offers":[{"title":"9cm square pot","offer_id":57350538396025,"sku":"Pip002-9","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"12cm Round Pot with Rim","offer_id":57350538428793,"sku":"Pip002-12","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/8389\/6953\/files\/IMG09365.jpg?v=1764908811","url":"https:\/\/www.jungle-leaves.de\/en\/products\/piper-sylvaticum","provider":"Jungle Leaves","version":"1.0","type":"link"}