A wonderful, unusual Philodendron with beautifully ribbed foliage, Philodendron acutifolium K.Krause, is a scandent aroid. Its leaf blades grow very large, are slightly coriaceous, rather glossy, elongate-oblanceolate. Primary lateral veins are verydistinctly prominent below. Midrib almost 5 mm wide at the base, strongly attenuating upwards, sunken above, distinctly prominent below. Secondary and tertiary veins numerous, more slender than primary veins, and parallel with them.
From the Modern Latin genus name Philodendron (Schott, 1830), from Greek philodendron, neuter of philodendros "loving trees," from philo- "loving" (see philo-) + dendron "tree" (from PIE *der-drew-, from root *deru- "to be firm, solid, steadfast," also forming words for "wood, tree"). The plant so called because it clings to trees.
Philodendron acutifolium
Name: Philodendron acutifolium K.Krause
Type: herbaceous evergreen
Form: Scandent chamaephytes
Family: Araceae
Native Range: SE. Colombia to Peru
Zone: 11-12
Habitat: Tropical moist forest life zones
Height: 2-4m
Spread: 100-120cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: PlantList-ID : kew-151383 Tropicos ID : 2103494 IPNI plant ID : 192956-2 GBIF ID : 2871125 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1135512 WCSPF ID : 151383 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:192956-2 IRMNG ID : 10463014 NCBI taxonomy ID : 2153059 eBiodiversity ID : 321497 Observation.org ID : 280703 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000268399
Synonyms: no synonyms recorded