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Anthurium pentaphyllum

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Aublet) G. Don

Propagation

C.K..S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Pará
• Pernambuco
• Rio de Janeiro
• Santa Catarina - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• tropical rain forest
• disturbed forest
• inundated forest
• primary forest
• disturbed coastal forest
• creekside
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Aug

Epiphytic climbing vine with large palmately-fingered coriaceous leathery leaves with 5-9 segments to 150mm x 70mm. Spathe green outside, red-purple inside 70mm x 15mm, 120mm x 10mm purple fragrant spadix. Red or purple berries 4mm long.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• Exotica
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew
• CATE