Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth

 
  • Family : PIPERACEAE
    (Pepper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALI MIRCH FAMILY (काली मिर्च फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Piperaceae
  • Basionym : Piper pellucidum L.
  • Synonym(s) : Micropiper pellucidum (L.) Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
  • Vernacular name :
    • Neeru kaddi gida (Kannada)
    • Kannadippacha, Mashipatcha, Mashithandu, Make-pacha, Slettipacha, Thaklippan (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded forest areas and wasteland near moist and shaded places
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Angola, Argentina, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Biss
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Pantropical weed
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 321
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Peperomia pellucida. Downloaded on 12 November 2024.

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