Piper hooglandii, commonly known as kava, is a flowering plant in the family Piperaceae.

The specific epithet honours Dutch botanist Ruurd Dirk Hoogland.

The fleshy, 10 mm diameter berries are hard, red and pungently peppery when ripe.

[1][2] The species is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.

It is locally common as an understorey plant on basaltic soil in moist, shady conditions, from the summits of the island's mountains down to an elevation of about 50 m along streams.