Species · genus Syngonium · Araceae

Fivefingers

Syngonium angustatum Schott

Growth habit

climber

Native range

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean

Reference · S. angustatum

Cultivars of S. angustatum

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. angustatum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Syngonium angustatum is a climbing aroid from the tropical understory of Mexico and Central America, where it scrambles up trees in warmth and dappled shade. Give it bright indirect light away from direct sun, and let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering again to avoid rot. It appreciates support to climb and tolerates average household humidity, though it favors a slightly more humid spot.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–29 °C

Soil mix

Light, well-draining aroid mix with peat or coco and perlite

Propagation

Stem cuttings with a node, rooted in water or moist mix

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly through spring and summer

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which irritate the mouth and digestive tract if chewed. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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