naturalizedPiperaceae
Piper auritum
Root Beer Plant
Piper auritum (Hoja santa) is an aromatic herb with a heart-shaped, velvety leaf which grows in tropic Mesoamerica. The name hoja santa means "sacred leaf" in Spanish. It is also known as yerba santa, hierba santa, Mexican pepperleaf, acuyo, tlanepa, anisillo, root beer plant, Vera Cruz pepper and sacred pepper.
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Where documented · 38 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 100 · GBIF 138 records
Wailuku · MauiiNat 43 · GBIF 27 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 32
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 11 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 7 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Anahola · KauaʻiGBIF 8
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
West Makaīwa · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiGBIF 3
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mokupapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honopou · MauiiNat 2
Punaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kukuihaele · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Puʻuhaoa · MauiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kīlauea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Makawao · MauiGBIF 1