Peperomia tanalensis
An upright, hairy, densely tufted and much-branched peperomia about 30 cm tall with small whorled leaves, described by Baker in 1882 from the Tanala country of south-eastern Madagascar. The only specimen we could find is the 1881 collection labelled 'in damp forest', so almost nothing is known of its habitat. Treat it as a warm, humid mid-elevation rainforest plant from Madagascar's eastern escarpment.
Where it grows wild
Damp forest in the Tanala region on the eastern escarpment of Madagascar (Fianarantsoa province), an area of humid evergreen montane and submontane rainforest. Its erect, tufted habit suggests it grows on the forest floor, banks or mossy rocks rather than high in the canopy, but no label records this.
No elevation is recorded. The Tanala forests historically collected lie mainly between about 800 and 1400 m.
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