Peperomia pellucida H.B.&K.

English: Shiny bush

Mandarin: 草胡椒 (cao hu jiao)

Kingdom: Plantae (2586)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)

      Order: Piperales (12)

        Family: Piperaceae (10)(family description)

          Genus: Peperomia (6)

            Epithet: pellucida H.B.&K. (1)

pellucida => transparent

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, yellow

Check for Peperomia pellucida at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [89] Peperomia Production Guide
• [329] Peperomia pellucida - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [434] Mathieu G., the Internet Peperomia Reference, www.peperomia.net.
• [1351] Peperomia pellucida - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.