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Peperomia tenella
Peperomia tenella, the Jayuya, is a small perennial epiphyte or lithophyte from wet tropical areas of the Caribbean, Central and South America, grown for its compact, succulent-leaved form. It is grown here as a small houseplant in a well-drained, humus-rich mix kept evenly moist.
Peperomia tenella, known as the Jayuya, is a species of perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte in the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Olof Swartz but named it Piper tenellum. Albert Gottfried Dietrich then changed the species into Peperomia and published in the book "Species Plantarum. editio sexta 1: 153. 1831". It primarily grows on wet tropical biomes. The species name came from the Latin word wikt:tenellus, which means tender.
It is endemic to Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
