Caladium bicolor (Ait. ex Dryand.) Vent.
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| Family: | ARACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Heart of Jesus | ||||
| Synonym: | Arum bicolor Ait.exDryand. | ||||
| Common Name: | Fancy leaf, Caladium | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | December-January | ||||
| Distribution: | South America; naturalised in the tropics | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant, also established in waste places | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental foliage garden plant | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Petiole pruinose, shortly sheathing. Leaf-blade distinctly peltate, usually strikingly variegated with shades of green, white and red, glaucous beneath. Peduncle equalling the petioles. Spathe glaucous, blade twice as long as 'tube'. Sterile part of spadix equalling the pistillate, the staminate part twice as long as the pistillate. | ||||