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Heart of Jesus
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Aroids: philodendrons & tayer

Heart of Jesus

Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

Names

EnglishHeart of Jesus
DutchTinhorão
SpanishBanderilla sudamericana
Chinese花叶芋
Scientific nameCaladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.

About this species

Caladium bicolor, called Heart of Jesus, is a species in the genus Caladium from Latin America. It is grown as a houseplant for its large, heart or lance-shaped leaves with striking green, white, pink, and red blotching. Hundreds of cultivars are available. (See List of Caladium cultivars.) It can be planted outside in USDA Hardiness Zone 10 as an ornamental. It is a problematic invasive species in Trinidad and Tobago, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Hawaii and the Philippines, and naturalized populations can be found in most of the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia and Malesia.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusCaladium

In Suriname

63Records in Suriname
14iNaturalist observations
1835First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini12
  • Brokopondo8
  • Wanica1
  • Commewijne1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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