Freshwater
American evergreen
Syngonium podophyllum
Araceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Not an aquatic plant
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, and 10 more countries.
Introduced to Bahamas, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil, Caroline Is., Cayman Islands, Comoros, Cuba, and 12 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Syngonium podophyllum is a species of aroid that is a popular houseplant. Common names include: arrowhead plant, arrowhead vine, arrowhead philodendron, goosefoot, nephthytis, African evergreen, and American evergreen. The species is native to a wide region of Latin America from Mexico through Bolivia, and naturalized in the West Indies, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and other places.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Pothos auritus
- Syngonium affine
- Syngonium amazonicum
- Syngonium decipiens
- Syngonium gracile
- Syngonium poeppigii
In other languages
- Muulinkultakorva
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