Peperomia abyssinica
Miq.
Piperaceae
Peperomia crassifolia Düll
Peperomia emarginata De Wild.
Peperomia goetzeana Engl.
Peperomia rungwensis Engl.
Peperomia stuhlmannii C.DC.
Common Name:
General Information
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.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
Range
East tropical Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, eastern DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique.
Habitat
Forest 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.
].
Properties
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.30 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The liquid from the soaked root is given to pregnant women to treat malaria[
299- Title
- Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.prota.org
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
