Scientific Name: Peperomia quadrangularis
Common Name: beetle peperomia, radiator plant
Family Name: Piperaceae
Origin: Caribbean Island, Central America, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Epiphytic, Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Succulent, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Spike, Green-yellow, Green
Fruit:
Key ID Features:
Stems 4-sided; leaves semi-succulent, leaves prominently veined, ovate to obovate, 8-10cm long x 3-5cm wide.