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PEPEROMIA
(
G
)
Family:
PIPERACEAE
peperi, = pepper;
omoios, = like, alike;
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’.
(resembling pepper plant)
(
Ox
,
LS
,
BL
,
Le
)
Peperomia retusa var. retusa
(
La
)
Wild Peperomia (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
)
retundo, retusus, = to beat or pound back any thing sharp; blunted, blunt, dull.
(retuse, terminating in a broad or rounded end with a depression in the centre)
(with rounded shallow notched end)
(
ld
,
BL
)