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Peperomia
blanda (Jacq.) Kunth
Synonym
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Micropiper langsdorffii
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Family
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Piperaceae
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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July-December
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Distribution
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Peninsular India
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Distribution in Kerala
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Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kozhikkode,
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Habitat
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Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forest
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Uses
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Used as an injury disinfectant
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Key botanical
characters :
Erect
terrestrial herbs, to 30 cm high; stem pubescent. Leaves elliptic to obovate,
acute at either ends, 5-ribed from base, pubescent; petiole 1.2 cm long.
Spike slender, erect; peduncle 1-2 cm long; bracts orbicular, peltate with
white margins. Flowers distant. Nutlets obovoid to orbicular, acute, scaly.  |
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