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Peperomia obtusifolia

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Peperomia obtusifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Magnoliids
Order:Piperales
Family:Piperaceae
Genus:Peperomia
Species:P. obtusifolia
Binomial name
Peperomia obtusifolia
(L.) A.Dietr.

Peperomia obtusifolia, also known as the baby rubberplant, American rubber plant, or pepper face, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Peperomia under the family Piperaceae, native to Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean.[1][2] The specific epithet obtusifolia means “blunt-leaved”.[3] The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society‘s Award of Garden Merit.[4]