SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM BOTANICAL NAME SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM

PRONUNCIATION Sin- Go-Nee-Um Po-Doe-Phil-lum

COMMON NAME Nephthytis or Arrowhead Vine

FAMILY Araceae

Life Cycle House Plant- perennial Outdoors- annual

Growth Habit Vine

LEAF Ovate Length 8” - 12” Width 4”

ARRANGEMENT and Composition Basal

MARGIN Entire

VEINS Palmate

FLOWER Spadix and spathe

Spathe- modified leaf Spadix- flower

FRUIT Insignificant

EXPOSURE Shade

GROWTH Slow

USE House Plant Dish Garden

DESCRIPTION In juvenile stage a small plant with arrow-shaped thin leaves; light green or variegated; a long slender petiole

DESCRIPTION Later starting to climb, the leaves become lobed and palmately divided into 5 - 9 sections

DESCRIPTION cv. ‘Green Gold’ ‘Emerald Gem’

CULTURAL PRACTICES Propagate by division

PROBLEMS Mealy Bugs Aphids

ZONES Tropical

NATIVE OF: Mexico