Peperomia duseniiC.DC. [family PIPERACEAE ] Verified by Düll, Peperomia dryadumC.DC. [family PIPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Peperomia dusenii
Peperomia dryadum
Flora
Entry for PEPEROMIA Dusenii C. DC. [family PIPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 143, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
PEPEROMIA DuseniiC. DC. [family PIPERACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 229.
Information
Stem branched, rooting at the base; branches densely pubescent. Leaves ternate, shortly petioled, obovate-cuneate, less than 6 lin. long, 3 lin. wide, densely pubescent on both surfaces, obscurely triplinerved. Spikes terminal and axillary, peduncled, three times as long as the leaves; peduncle pubescent; rhachis glabrous; bracts orbicular, peltate, shortly stalked. Ovary obovoid, obtuse, shortly stalked; stigma oblique. Fruit cylindrical, distinctly stalked, glabrous.