Heart Of Jesus
Caladium bicolor
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, West Bengal & more
How to identify Heart Of Jesus
Identify Heart Of Jesus by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Brightly colored heart-shaped leaves (heart of Jesus).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Assam, West Bengal, Goa and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Araceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Heart Of Jesus.
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
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.
Araceae
Arum family
Heart Of Jesus belongs to the Araceae family.
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