Peperomia exigua (Blume) Miq.

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Synonyms:	Peperomia pellucida sensu FZ 9(2) p.p. Piper exiguum Blume
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Status:	Native
Description:	Slender annual herb, up to 30 cm tall. Leaves alternate, almost circular to cordate, kidney-shaped, up to 2.7 × 3 cm, hairless, thinly textured and transparent, light green above, somewhat blue-green below, palmately 5-7-veined, margin entire; petiole 4-16 mm long. Inflorescence in terminal or leaf-opposed laxly flowered spikes, greenish.
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Derivation of specific name:	exigua: small, meagre, poor
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, New Guinea, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Malawi distribution:	S
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Literature:	Diniz, M.A. (1996). Piperaceae of the Flora Zambesiaca area Kirkia 16(1) Pages 76 - 77. as Peperomia pellucida Diniz, M.A. (1997). Piperaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2) Pages 32 - 33. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 67. as Peperomia pellucida Mathieu, G. (2001-2010). The Internet Peperomia Reference Published on the internet: http://www.peperomia.net/ Mathieu, G. & R. Callejas Posada (2006). New synonymies in the genus Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) - an annotated checklist Candollea 61 Pages 354 - 355. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 83.

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