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Marigold pepper
Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pepper family: Piper & Peperomia

Marigold pepper

Piper marginatum Jacq.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishMarigold pepper
Dutch—
SpanishAniseto
Chinese金盏胡椒
Scientific namePiper marginatum Jacq.

About this species

Piper 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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderPiperales
FamilyPiperaceae
GenusPiper

In Suriname

78Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1687First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo7
  • Sipaliwini7
  • Commewijne3
  • Brokopondo2
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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