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Syngonium auritum

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Schott

Common Names

• Five Fingers

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Costa Rica
• French Guiana
• Jamaica
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Summer Aug
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Epiphytic strem-rooting evergreen vine with axillary inflorescences, dark green trifoliate leaves, round petioles with red mark at base of leaf, 275mm greenish-yellow flower spathe tinged purple inside, green or white spadix

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• Mobot
• Bodkin
• Exotica
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• SAFIO