Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This forest floor plant grows in the humid, shaded valleys of Sumatra. Its leaves display a three-tone camouflage pattern that mimics light filtering through the canopy.

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

Aglaonema

Species

Aglaonema pictum