Scientific Name: Peperomia obtusifolia
Common Name: baby rubber plant, blunt-leaved peperomia
Family Name: Piperaceae
Origin: Caribbean Island, Mexico
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Indoor plant
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Succulent, Lustrous, Obovate, Orbicular, Entire
Flowers: Spike, White, Can flower any month
Fruit: Drupe
Key ID Features:
Leaves broad, cupped, leathery, many variegated cultivars mottled cream, gray, or gold; flower "spikes" up to 12cm long.