WorldFloraDB - Peperomia molleri

Characteristics

Herb 15–37 cm. long or tall, often stoloniferous, mostly on the forest floor but sometimes epiphytic or on rocks; stems glabrous except in subsp. ukagurensis; stolons often slender and leafless.. Leaves dark green, alternate or sometimes ± opposite at base of inflorescence, elliptic to usually ovate but sometimes more elongate or almost round, 1.5–10 cm. long, 1–4.8 cm. wide, subacute to bluntly or sharply acuminate at the apex, rarely rounded, often variable on one plant, ± rounded to cuneate or attenuate at the base, only slightly fleshy, mostly glabrous or with few small hairs near tip or quite densely hairy beneath in subsp. ukagurensis, 3–5(–7)-nerved; petiole 0.4–2 cm. long.. Spikes green, slender, usually solitary and terminal but can be in threes at apex of shoot, 1 terminal and 2 axillary from apical pair of ± opposite leaves, (1.5–)4.5–14.5 cm. long; peduncle 2–6 cm. long.. Flowers green, often not very dense and more scattered at the base of the rhachis; bracts circular, ± 0.5 mm. wide.. Fruits globose, 0.8–1 mm. diameter, papillate, slightly larger and more ellipsoid in subsp. ukagurensis; style-cap dome-shaped, ± apical.

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Leaves alternate, sometimes the uppermost opposite; petiole (4)6–15(20) mm long; lamina (2)2.5–6(9) x (1)1.5–3.5(4.5) cm, broadly ovate to broadly lanceolate, acute to ± acuminate or sometimes obtuse at the apex, never emarginate, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, dark green and papery when dry, sometimes obscurely bright pellucid-punctate, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliate towards the apex, 3–5(7)-nerved from the base; midrib prominent below, lateral venation scarcely visible or absent.

Inflorescence spikes solitary, terminal or rarely the uppermost axillary, greenish; rhachis (2.5)3.2–7.0(10) cm long, slender and pitted; peduncle (1.1)2–3(6) cm long, slender.

Stems stoloniferous in the lower part and rooting at the lower nodes; branches slender, narrowly winged, ascending.

Fruit c. 0.1 cm spheric-ellipsoid, erect, brown, covered with viscous glands, stigma subapical.

A somewhat succulent glabrous perennial herb up to 30(50) cm tall.

Bracts 0.3–0.5 mm in diameter, circular, glandular-punctate.

A delicate herb, more or less erect; epiphytic.

Ovary ovoid, sessile; stigma subapical.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	epiphyte
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	0.2 - 0.31
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Environment

Evergreen forest, rocky places, near streams, waterfalls, etc., mostly on the forest floor but sometimes on moss-covered rocks or epiphytic on trees; at elevations from 110-2,100 metres.

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Usage

Uses	medicinal
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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

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:679144-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000477522
COL ID	6V39V
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Peperomia magilensis Peperomia molleri Peperomia baumannii Peperomia stolzii Peperomia winkleri Peperomia zenkeri Peperomia holstii Peperomia holstii var. elongata Peperomia fernandopoiana var. subopacifolia Peperomia molleri subsp. molleri

Lower taxons

Peperomia molleri subsp. ukagurensis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Peperomia molleri C.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Piperaceae > Peperomia