- Family : ARACEAE
(Arum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
- Synonym(s) : Syngonium podophyllum var. typicum Engl.; Arum auritum Vell.; Pothos auritus Willd.; Syngonium affine Schott; Syngonium amazonicum Engl.; Syngonium decipiens Schott; Syngonium gracile (Miq.) Schott; Syngonium podophyllum var. multisectum Engl.; Syngonium poeppigii Schott; Syngonium riedelianum Schott; Syngonium ruizii Schott; Syngonium ternatum Gleason; Syngonium vellozianum Schott; Syngonium vellozianum var. decipiens (Schott) Engl.; Syngonium vellozianum var. latilobum Engl.; Syngonium vellozianum var. oblongisectum Engl.; Syngonium vellozianum var. poeppigii (Schott) Engl.; Syngonium vellozianum var. riedelianum (Schott) Engl.; Syngonium willdenowii Schott; Syngonium xanthophilum Schott; Xanthosoma gracile Miq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Syngonium podophyllum Schott
- Common name : Arrowhead Plant, Arrowhead vine, Arrowhead philodendron, Goosefoot, African evergreen, American evergreen
- Habit : Climber
- Comments / notes : Widely cultivated as a garden ornamental and indoor plant.
- Key identification features : Rampant creeper or climbing; Leaves vary, lower leaves arrowhead-shaped, upper leaves divided into three segments or 5-9 separate leaflets; Flowers elongated whitish spike surrounded by a creamy-white to greenish spathe; Fruits fleshy, red to reddish-orange.
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district
- Native : Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
- Literature :
- Photographs of Dinesh Valke
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Syngonium podophyllum. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.
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