Peperomia rotundifolia (L.) Kunth
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Piperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Epiphytic herb, ascending by means of small aerial roots, attaining 1-3 m in length. Stems cylindrical, brittle, pubescent, ca. 1 mm in diameter, with numerous lateral branchlets. Leaves alternate, fleshy when fresh, aromatic, membranaceous on drying, 5-11 mm long, elliptical, obovate, or almost circular, the apex rounded, the base obtuse or almost rounded, the margins entire, markedly revolute, ciliate; upper surface dark green, glabrous, puberulent. or minutely strigulose, with dark dots; lower surface concave, pale green, glabrous or puberulent, with dark dots; petioles thin, 1-5 mm long, with minute dark dots. Inflorescences of terminal spikes. 1-2.5 cm long, produced on the lateral branch lets.
Phenology - Flowering throughout the year.
Conservation Status - Native, locally common.
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Common Names
yerba de ratón, yerba linda, yerba de medio real, bejuco de alcanfor