Peperomia pongoana is a species of terrestrial or epiphytic herb in the genus Peperomia that is native to Peru. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is threatened.
The type specimen were collected at Pongo de Manseriche, Peru at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level.
Peperomia pongoana is a moderately small, erect, branching herb that is glabrous except for a transient puberulence on the petioles and stems. The stem is 1âÂÂ2 mm thick and grooved when dry. The leaves are in whorls of 3âÂÂ4 at the nodes. They are lanceolate, obtuse, with an acute base, measuring 15âÂÂ25 mm long and 5âÂÂ10 mm wide, 3-nerved, and pale and somewhat papillose on the underside. The petiole is 2âÂÂ5 mm long. The terminal and upper axillary spikes are filiform, 60 mm long, with a 5 mm peduncle. The floral bracts are elliptic-peltate (rather than round-peltate).
It was described in 1936 by William Trelease in ', from specimens collected by Ynes Mexia.
The epithet is derived from the type locality.
It is native to Peru. It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic herb. It grows on wet tropical biomes.
This species has been assessed as threatened in a preliminary report.