Mazhar Botanic Garden

Anthurium hookeri Kunth

Wild Tobacco

Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species: hookeri
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000448
Common name: Wild Tobacco
English name: Bird's Nest Anthurium
Arabic name: انتوريم هوكيري
Native: South America
Country: Caribbean Ecuador
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen indoor plant short stem leaves rosette, pale green leathery, obovate- oblanceolate, about 1 m long and 40 cm width axillar inflorescences  on an erect peduncle long 45 cm, formed by a greyish or pale green spathe, fruit ovoid berries, whitish color

ornamental

Anthurium amplum Kunth 

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Texture: Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Medium Water
Climates: Temperate
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Stem cutting, seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10 : 12
pH range: 6.0-6.5
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Indoor
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Other
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid

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