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Peperomia angustata Kunth

Species

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Characteristics

Terrestrial, epiphytic or epilithic herb, erect, creeping or ascending, rooting at nodes. Stem glabrous, 30-100 cm long, green or reddish. Leaves in whorls of (2-)3-4(-5), basely attached; petiole 0.2-1.5 cm long, glabrous; blade fleshy to coriaceous, rhombic to elliptic or oblanceolate, 2-6(-9) x 1-3(-4) cm, apex acute or acuminate, base acutish to cuneate, glabrous; palmately 3(-5)-veined. Inflorescence single, terminal, erect; peduncle slender, 2-3 cm long, glabrous or minutely pubescent, red; spike 10-16 cm long, moderately to densely flowered; floral bracts rounded to oblong, slightly glandular. Fruits basely attached, ovoid to globose, beaked, blackish, often verruculose, apex obliquely scutellate, stigma apical.
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Terrestrial, epiphytic or epilithic herb, erect, creeping or ascending, rooting at nodes. Stem glabrous, 30-100 cm long, green or reddish. Leaves in whorls of (2-)3-4(-5), basely attached; petiole 0.2-1.5 cm long, glabrous; blade fleshy to coriaceous, rhombic to elliptic or oblanceolate, 2-6(-9) x 1-3(-4) cm, apex acute or acuminate, base acutish to cuneate, glabrous; palmately 3(-5)-veined. Inflorescence single, terminal, erect; peduncle slender, 2-3 cm long, glabrous or minutely pubescent, red; spike 10-16 cm long, moderately to densely flowered; floral bracts rounded to oblong, slightly glandular. Fruits basely attached, ovoid to globose, beaked, blackish, often verruculose, apex obliquely scutellate, stigma apical.
A leafy herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Epiphytic on trees or on moist rocks at elevations up to 400 metres in Guatemala. Moist evergreen forest formations at elevations between 1,200-2,000 metres in Costa Rica.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Leaves are eaten in salads.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves stems
Therapeutic use Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Peperomia angustata world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:677986-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478293
COL ID 76P99
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 735490
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Peperomia angustata Peperomia harlingii Peperomia victoriana Peperomia wagneri Peperomia viridispica Peperomia sarcocarpa Peperomia semimetralis Piper angustatum Peperomia wercklei Peperomia longispicata Peperomia crassiuscula Peperomia friabilis Peperomia victoriana var. margaritana Peperomia angustata var. santamartae Peperomia viridispica var. perejil
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