Author: | Albert
Gottfried Dietrich 1831 |
Family: |
Peperomiaceae |
Habitat: |
Burundi, Cabinda,
Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Kenya,
Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre,
Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Peat |
Water:
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Medium-Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum-Medium |
Height: |
5-15
centimetres |
Flower:
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Green |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
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Synonyms: |
Piper
retusum L. f. 1782.
Peperomia bachmannii, C.DC.
Peperomia bueana, C.DC.
Peperomia gracilipetiolata, De Wild.
Peperomia mannii, Hook.f.
Peperomia rehmannii, C.DC.
Peperomia retusa var. bachmannii, Düll.
Peperomia retusa var. ciliolata,
C. DC. 1869.
Peperomia retusa var. mannii, Düll.
Peperomia subdichotoma, De Wild.
Peperomia tenuispica, C.DC.
Peperomia ukingensis, Engl.
Peperomia ulugurensis, Engl.
Peperomia usambarensis, Engl.
Peperomia wilmsii, C.DC. |
This tiny member of the Peperomaiceae family was
given this name by Albert Gottfried Dietrich in 1831. It is found in
the southern half of Africa
growing in a rich peat with some to lots of water and little to some
sun.
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