Piperaceae FAMILY
Peperomia abyssinica
Peperomia abyssinica
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Peperomia abyssinica is a trailing or ascending, fleshy perennial plant with more or less thick stems that are 12 - 40cm long, A stoloniferous plant, it is mainly epiphytic but is occasionally found in the leaf-litter[ 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, eastern DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique.
HabitatForest in rocky places, e.g. on boulders in river beds; gallery or evergreen rain-forest, relic Widdringtonia patches and Brachystegia woodland bordering evergreen forest; sometimes epiphytic on trunks; at elevations from 750 - 3,150 metres[ 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. ].