• Family : PIPERACEAE
  (PEPPER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Piperaceae
• Species : Peperomia dindygulensis
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Peperomia blanda (Jacq.) Kunth
• Vernacular name : Musthakku chedi (Tam.)
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Comments : Occasional above 900 m in shade, on rotting wood, crevices of rocks, especially along streams, etc. This species has been synonymized with Peperomia blanda (Jacq.) Kunth as per APG III, that is distributed throughout Old World Tropics and Neotropics as well.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Tiruchirapalli district, Dindigul district (Tamil Nadu State); Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Sunkarimetta Hill (Visakhapatnam district), Bison Hills (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Gajapati district, Similipal (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Gamble, J.S., Flora of Madras Presidency. 2: 1210 (847). 1925
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Peperomia dindygulensis. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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