Family: Peperomiaceae
Plant: A succulent herb up 20cm high.
Flowers: Tiny flowers, without petals or sepals and arranged in a greenish terminal spike 1-3cm long and 1-2mm diameter.
Flowering: November-December.
Fruit: Sessile drupes embedded along the spike axis.
Leaves: Succulent, thick, ovate leaves in whorls of 4, 5-12mm long and 5-10mm wide with 3 veins just visible on the underside.
Habitat: On shaded rocks and logs in rainforest.
Features: 4-whorled leaves. Tiny, crowded greenish flowers without petals in terminal spike. Growing on rocks or logs.
Name:
Peperomia From Greek = pepper-like (referring to its close relationship to true pepper plants)
tetraphylla From Latin = four-leaved
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
- |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Whorled |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Succulent |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest |
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