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Peperomia macrostachya

Botanic Family

Piperaceae

Author

(Vahl) A. Dietrich

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Paraná
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• disturbed areas
• riverside
• dense forest
• coastal

Flowering Times

• All year

Fruiting Times

• All year

Climbing glabrous succulent epiphyte or liana with leaves to 70mm x 25mm, pilose beneath, puberulous above. 140mm long terminal pendant flower spikes with 2 bracts to 20mm long, flowers yellow, white or blackish, fruit a berry to 13mm diameter, pink or brown

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• HUBM
• SAFIO
• Standley