Peperomia emarginella C.Dc.

Guadeloupe peperomia (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Epiphytic or epilithic, or epiphyllous herb, creeping and rooting at nodes, glabrous or sparsely villous. Leaves alternate, basely attached; petiole 0.1-0.5 cm long, often red, glabrous or with sparse hairs; blade slightly fleshy, bright green, orbicular or subreniform, 0.15-0.6 cm in diam., margin somewhat ciliate, apex emarginate, base rounded or truncate, glabrous or with a few hairs; obsoletely palmately 3-veined. Inflorescence terminal, single, erect; peduncle slender, to 1 cm long, pinkish; spike to 1.5 cm long, laxly flowered; floral bracts sub-orbicular to oblong. Fruits basely attached (according to Steyermark, on a short stipe), ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm long with apical stigma.
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Epiphytic or epilithic, or epiphyllous herb, creeping and rooting at nodes, glabrous or sparsely villous. Leaves alternate, basely attached; petiole 0.1-0.5 cm long, often red, glabrous or with sparse hairs; blade slightly fleshy, bright green, orbicular or subreniform, 0.15-0.6 cm in diam., margin somewhat ciliate, apex emarginate, base rounded or truncate, glabrous or with a few hairs; obsoletely palmately 3-veined. Inflorescence terminal, single, erect; peduncle slender, to 1 cm long, pinkish; spike to 1.5 cm long, laxly flowered; floral bracts sub-orbicular to oblong. Fruits basely attached (according to Steyermark, on a short stipe), ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm long with apical stigma.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Antispasmodic (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Peperomia emarginella world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:678531-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478563
COL ID 76QTL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630355
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Synonyms

Peperomia emarginella f. glabrior Peperomia emarginella Piper emarginellum Peperomia andinacea Peperomia exilis Peperomia minima Peperomia delicatissima Acrocarpidium exile Peperomia delicatissima var. venusta Peperomia emarginella var. ovalis Peperomia emarginella var. glabrior Peperomia emarginella var. exilis