Round leaf peperomia, Trailing Jade Plant

The plant grows in the understorey of the primary forest, where its stem adheres to the bark and buttress roots of old trees. It is particularly fond of bark with holes and tangled plant structures, such as adventitious fig roots, and clusters in colonies on tree trunks. This is a fairly common species in the Caribbean, where it covers the moist trunks of calabash and cacao trees. It occurs at altitudes of 100 to 900 m. The plant is common throughout tropical America, and in Africa and Madagascar.