DIZYGOTHECA ELEGANTISSIMA ‘CASTOR’ BOTANICAL NAME DIZYGOTHECA ELEGANTISSIMA ‘CASTOR’

PRONUNCIATION Di - zy - go -THEE - ka

COMMON NAME False Aralia

FAMILY Araliaceae

Life Cycle House Plant- perennial Outdoors- annual

Growth Habit Tree Height 15’ Width 3’ Upright

ARRANGEMENT and composition Alternate and palmately compound

LEAF Linear Length 4” - 5” Width 3” - 4”

MARGIN Bluntly Serrated

VEINS Pinnate

FLOWER Inconspicuous

FRUIT Black berry

EXPOSURE Part shade

GROWTH Slow

USE House Plant Interiorscaping

DESCRIPTION 7 - 10 leaflets mottled with white cv. ‘Castor’ has 3 leaflets

DESCRIPTION cv. ‘Banci’ has white variegated leaves; stem has white lenticels

CULTURAL PRACTICES 65° F night Air layer or stem cuttings Good for interiorscaping

PROBLEMS Mealy bugs Spider mites

ZONES Tropical

NATIVE OF: New Hebrides (Pacific Islands)