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Peperomia alata Ruiz & Pav.

Winged peperomia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Peperomia

Characteristics

Herbs , perennial, rhizomatous, erect or reclining, simple or sparsely branched, 1-3 dm, glabrous, without black, glandular dots. Leaves alternate; petiole 1/10-1/5 length of blade, slightly dilated and clasping at base, decurrent in lines or conspicuous internodal wings. Leaf blade 3-5-veined from base, narrowly to broadly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 5-13 × 1.5-4 cm, base attentuate to acuminate, apex acute to short-acuminate; surfaces glabrous. Spikes terminal, 1-3, sometimes also with solitary spikes from proximal axils, densely flowered, 6-13 cm, mature fruiting spikes 2-3 mm diam. Fruits sessile, globose to very broadly ovoid, 0.5-0.8 × 0.6-0.8 mm, minutely warty; beak minute, mammiform or conic, 2 sides flattened, 0.1-0.2 mm.
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Epiphytic, epilithic or terrestrial, glabrous herb. Stem ascending, 10-40 cm long; internodes winged or ridged below nodes, green or reddish. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.3-3 cm long, deeply grooved or winged; blade fleshy membranous or coriaceous, green above, often reddish brown beneath, elliptic or broadly elliptic or ovate, 4.5-13 x 2-5 cm, margin may be ciliate towards apex, apex acuminate, base acute, glabrous; 3-5(-7)-pli-or palmately veined. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, single or few together, erect; peduncle not slender, 0.3-1.5 cm long, green; spike 6-14 cm long, yellow; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, slightly glandular. Fruits laterally attached, globose-ovoid, reddish brown, apex oblique with subapical stigma.
Epiphytic, epilithic or terrestrial, glabrous herb. Stem ascending, 10-40 cm long; internodes winged or ridged below nodes, green or reddish. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.3-3 cm long, deeply grooved or winged; blade fleshy membranous or coriaceous, green above, often reddish brown beneath, elliptic or broadly elliptic or ovate, 4.5-13 x 2-5 cm, margin may be ciliate towards apex, apex acuminate, base acute, glabrous; 3-5(-7)-pli-or palmately veined. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, single or few together, erect; peduncle not slender, 0.3-1.5 cm long, green; spike 6-14 cm long, yellow; floral bracts rounded, glabrous, slightly glandular. Fruits laterally attached, globose-ovoid, reddish brown, apex oblique with subapical stigma.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Peperomia alata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:677941-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478155
COL ID 76PH5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734552
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Synonyms

Micropiper alatum Peperomia nilssonii Peperomia microreticulata Peperomia laevis Peperomia alata Piper alatum Peperomia alexanderi Peperomia pterocaulis Peperomia dyscrita Peperomia alata var. pterocaulis Peperomia alata var. angustifolia Peperomia pterocaulis var. filispica
WorldFloraDB 2024