Mazhar Botanic Garden

Peperomia obtusifolia (L.) A.Dietr.

Pepper Face

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000974
Common name: Pepper Face
English name: Baby ruber plant
Arabic name: بيبروميا
Native: Florida, Mexico
Country: Florida Mexico
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen perennial growing to 25 cm tall petioles and stems are usually tinged pink and red leaves obovate, cupped, glossy, leathery broad flowers white in narrow spikes up to 12 cm long

Popular house plant. border. 

Texture: Clay Loam Sandy Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5

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