chainfruit vs Spiked pepper

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Piper aduncum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Spiked pepper
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Piperaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Piper
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Piper aduncum

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Spiked pepper share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Spiked pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Spiked pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Spiked pepper

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Tanzania), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.