General Landscape Uses: Shade garden ground cover, mass plantings, tropical borders, container planting, rain gardens

Ecological Restoration Notes: Understory vegetation in tropical reforestation, moist area stabilization, habitat enhancement

Description: Tropical plant with lush green foliage

Dimensions: Height 1 – 4 ft.; Spread 1 – 4 ft.

Growth Rate: Moderate

Native Range: Central America, Asia

Native Habitats: Tropical rainforests, forest edges and stream banks, secondary forests

Soils: Moist but well-drained, Acidic, rich

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate

Salt Water Tolerance: Low

Salt Wind Tolerance: Low

Drought Tolerance: Low

Light Requirements: Part Sun

Flower Color: White, yellow

Flower Characteristics: Spathe surrounding a spadix

Flowering Season: Spring

Fruit: Small, dry, berry-like that is green when immature, turning white, cream, or pale green as it matures

Wildlife and Ecology: Pollinator attraction, microhabitat creation

Horticultural Notes: Grown from division, seed

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