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About
Known commonly as Heart of Jesus, *Caladium bicolor* is a popular ornamental houseplant prized for its large, heart or lance-shaped leaves featuring striking blotches of green, white, pink, and red. While hundreds of cultivars exist, the species itself is highly decorative and widely cultivated.
Field notes
Morphology
The plant features large, heart or lance-shaped leaves with striking blotching in colors including green, white, pink, and red.
Distribution & habitat
Naturalized populations are found in most of the world's tropics, including Africa, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, Malesia, and the region of Latin America.
Cultivation notes
It can be planted outside in USDA Hardiness Zone 10 as an ornamental.
Habitat
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- Native To
- Philippines, India
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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