Araceae · Caladium

Heart Of Jesus

Caladium bicolor

outdoor
Found in India
Kerala, Assam, West Bengal & more

Plant Details

Scientific name
Caladium bicolor
Genus
Caladium
Family
Araceae
Found in India
Kerala, Assam, West Bengal, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Odisha, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Bihar, Haryana, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Leaf shape
LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.It is grown as a houseplant for its large, heart or lance-shaped leaves with striking green, white, pink, and red blotching. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Typical of the family

Arrangement
Basal
Simple type leaf character
Type
Simple
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire

Characters marked “recorded” are for Heart Of Jesus itself; the rest are typical of the Araceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Inflorescence
Spike

Typical of the Araceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.

About Heart Of Jesus

Heart of Jesus (Caladium bicolor) belongs to the Araceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and 19 other states.

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Botanical family

Araceae

Arum family

Heart Of Jesus belongs to the Araceae family.

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