Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
exigua: small, meagre, poor
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Peperomia exigua (Blume) Miq. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119920
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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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.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Peperomia exigua (Blume) Miq. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119920
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, New Guinea, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Peperomia exigua (Blume) Miq. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=119920
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
