Piperaceae FAMILY

Peperomia molleri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Peperomia molleri is a somewhat succulent, perennial plant, usually growing 15 - 37cm tall, exceptionally to 50cm. The plant is often stoloniferous in the lower part, with slender, leafless stolons rooting at the lower nodes. Plants can be epiphyte or terrestrial[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Liberia to Cameroon, Gabon, DR Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Madagascar.

HabitatEvergreen forest, rocky places, near streams, waterfalls, etc., mostly on the forest floor but sometimes on moss-covered rocks or epiphytic on trees; at elevations from 110 - 2,100 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].