Peperomia urvilleana A.Rich.

Species

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Characteristics

Low-growing glab. succulent branching herb up to 3 dm. extent; stems branched, prostrate and rooting, ascending at tips. Lvs alt. on petioles 1-4 mm. long; lamina 1-4 × 1-2 cm., fleshy (membr. when dry) 3-nerved, elliptic-oblong to broad-obovate. Spikes solitary, slender, on peduncles up to 1·5 cm. long; 2-5 cm. long; bracts orbicular-peltate. Ovary partly immersed; stigma discoid; drupe often exserted, brownish.
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Spreading herb to 30 cm high. Leaves alternate; petiole 2–10 mm long, glabrous; lamina obovoid-elliptic, (4–) 8–15 mm long, (3–) 6–10 mm wide, apically obtuse, generally rounded, 3-veined, glabrous, glossy above. Spikes terminal or occasionally axillary, 2–6 cm long. Fruit ovoid, brownish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Environment

Characteristic of shady woods and forest, on mossy rocks and tree stumps, or epiphytic on trees.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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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Images

Peperomia urvilleana unspecified picture

Distribution

Peperomia urvilleana world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:680140-1
WFO ID wfo-0000479343
COL ID 76QDG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 671359
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Synonyms

Peperomia endlicheri Peperomia urvilleana Piper adscendens Piper simplex Peperomia muricatulata