Araceae
Philodendron Schott
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Araceae Status: Valid
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Hemiepiphytic or epiphytic climbers, rarely terrestrial.
Leaves: Leaves cordate, entire, or rarely trilobed to multisegmented, with strong heterophylly. Some species with lanceolate leaves and with very short or winged petioles.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Spathe persistent, generally reddish, completely surrounding the spadix.
Fruit: Fruit a berry, cream-yellow, orange, or red when mature.
Infructescence: Infructescence syncarpous.
Seeds: Seeds very small, many per fruit. A few species with one seed per fruit.
Other
Uses: Several species are cultivated as ornamental houseplants.
Distribution: Mexico to Peru.