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Perennial tropical plant up to 2,5 m. Erect stems, thick and fleshy with big leaves ending in pointed apex; largely petiolated, marbled with white or yellow. Flowers in spadix surrounded by a sheath-like leaf; small, white-greenish. . It rarely flourishes when it is cultivated , only sometimes at the beginning of spring when the plant is well grown-up. |
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Leave the soil dry before watering. Spray leaves. |
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Pot use indoors. It is a very poisonous plant ( See toxicity) |
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Not in full sun , but in illuminated places away from air currents. |
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Reproduce by means of layer |
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Rich humus soil. |