Mashitandu Chedi / Shiny Bush
Peperomia pellucida
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Goa & more
- Flowering
- August-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Peperomia pellucida
- Genus
- Peperomia
- Family
- Piperaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forest areas and wasteland near moist and shaded places
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Pantropical weed
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Goa, Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“Although mostly grown for its ornamental foliage, the entire plant is edible, both cooked and raw.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mashitandu Chedi itself; the rest are typical of the Piperaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Piperaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Nepali
- लतपते Latapate
- Bengali
- দীপ্ত লুচি পাতা
- Malayalam
- Mashitandu chedi, മഷിത്തണ്ട്, Mashithantu
About Mashitandu Chedi
Shiny Bush (Peperomia pellucida) belongs to the Piperaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Goa and 16 other states. It grows in degraded forest areas and wasteland near moist and shaded places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Piperaceae
Pepper family
Mashitandu Chedi belongs to the Piperaceae family.
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