Species · genus Syngonium · Araceae

American Evergreen

Syngonium podophyllum Schott

Also known as: Arrowhead Vine · African Evergreen · Nephthytis · Arrowhead Plant · Arrow-Head Vine

Growth habit

liana

Native range

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Reference · S. podophyllum

Cultivars of S. podophyllum

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

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

Guide

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A climbing liana from the tropical forests of Central and South America, where it roots in the understory and ascends toward filtered light. Give it a bright spot out of direct sun and even, moderate moisture, watering when the top inch of mix has dried; let it approach dry between waterings rather than sitting wet, as the roots rot if kept soggy. It accepts ordinary household humidity but appreciates more.

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 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–29 °C

Soil mix

Light, well-draining aroid mix rich in organic matter

Propagation

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

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs & humans

Araceae contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals that irritate the mouth and digestive tract 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 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)

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