Peperomia curruciformis is a species of epiphyte in the genus Peperomia that is endemic in Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Threatened.
The type specimen were collected near La Merced, Peru at an altitude of 1400-1700 meters.
Peperomia curruciformis is a terrestrial, creeping, glabrous herb. The leaves are broadly ovate to deltoid-ovate, obtuse, with a truncate-cordate base, measuring 5âÂÂ6 cm long and 4âÂÂ6 cm wide. They are 7-nerved, with the inner lateral nerves confluent with the midrib. When dry, they are opaque, olive-green, and granular in texture. The petiole is 2âÂÂ3 cm long. The spikes are borne in pairs at the apex of a 4 cm long, divergent sympodial stem, curving upward. They are 60âÂÂ70 mm long and 3 mm thick, with a peduncle 15âÂÂ20 mm long. The berries are ellipsoid and beaked, with the stigma inserted at the base of the beak.
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Ellsworth Paine Killip & Dorothea Eliza Smith.
It is endemic in Peru. It grows on a epiphyte environment and is a herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species is assessed as Threatened, in a preliminary report.