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Baby Rubber Plant
Baby Rubber Plant
Peperomia obtusifolia
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

Baby Rubber Plant is a tropical plant that's native to the rainforests of South America. It's a slow-growing plant that takes years to reach maturity, but once it does, it produces beautiful, colorful flowers.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Piperales
Family
Piperaceae
Genus
Peperomia
Species
Peperomia obtusifolia