1. SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM
BOTANICAL NAME
SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM

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

3. COMMON NAME
Nephthytis or Arrowhead Vine

5. FAMILY
Araceae

6. Life Cycle
House Plant- perennial
Outdoors- annual

7. Growth Habit
Vine

8. LEAF
Ovate
Length 8” - 12”
Width 4”

9. ARRANGEMENT and Composition
Basal

10. MARGIN
Entire

11. VEINS
Palmate

13. FLOWER
Spadix and spathe

14. Spathe- modified leaf
Spadix- flower

15. FRUIT
Insignificant

16. EXPOSURE
Shade

17. GROWTH
Slow

18. USE
House Plant
Dish Garden

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

21. DESCRIPTION
Later starting to climb, the leaves become lobed and palmately divided into sections

23. DESCRIPTION
cv. ‘Green Gold’
‘Emerald Gem’

24. CULTURAL PRACTICES
Propagate by division

25. PROBLEMS
Mealy Bugs
Aphids

26. ZONES
Tropical

27. NATIVE OF:
Mexico