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Peperomia turbinata is a small, creeping, succulent-stemmed species from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, grown for its glossy, dark green leaves. It is best kept as a compact houseplant in bright, indirect light with careful, infrequent watering.
Peperomia turbinata is a species of flowering plant from the genus Peperomia. It was first described by Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt and published in the book "Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 33(2): 88. 1900". The species name came from the Latin word "turbinatus", which means cone-headed.
It is endemic to Brazil. First specimens where found in São Paulo.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peperomia turbinata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
