Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

This species is native to Tropical & Subtropical America, Tropical Africa, Madagascar and Arabia; introduced eleswehere. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There is only one known species of Peperomia occurs in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Small , erect , delicate , epiphytic annual herb ; up to 10 cm high , with translucent stems and a mustard like odor . Stems erect to ascending or prostrate , unbranched , thin , delicate , glabrous throughout . Leaves alternate , 7-11 x 7-17 mm , pale green , translucent , broadly ovate to suborbicular or transversely ovate , rounded or acute tip , cordate base , entire margins ; petiole 3-7 mm . Inflorescences on somewhat fleshy spikes , either axillary or terminal ; spikes solitary , leaf-opposed . Flowers minute ; perianth absent ; stamens 2 ; ovary single . Fruit drupe , ± 0 . 5 mm in diameter , ovoid , embedded in spikes , one-seeded . Seeds not seen . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Micropiper pellucidum (L.) Miq.
Piper pellucidum L.

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Pepper Elder
Shining Bush Plant
Shiny Bush
Slate Pencil Plant
Man to Man
Silverbush
Rat-ear

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not used traditionally.

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.thejoyofplants.co.uk *https://www.etymonline.com *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778.

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