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Goosefoot-plant
Syngonium podophyllum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Latin America
Movement
Climbing
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Arrowhead plant is a fast-growing tropical vining houseplant whose leaves transform dramatically with age — juvenile leaves are simple arrowheads, but mature leaves split into up to nine deeply lobed leaflets as the plant climbs.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Genus
Syngonium
Species
Syngonium podophyllum