Syngonium 'Freckles' is a cultivar of Syngonium podophyllum Schott. Its light green foliage is covered with irregular, dark green spots.
Syngonium are climbing epiphytic or hemiepiphytic herbaceous ever-greens native to humid forest floors of Central and South America. Juvenile leaves are simple and arrowhead in shape, whereas mature leaves are compound with elliptic shaped leaflets. Due to their colored foliar variegation and tolerance to low light levels, syngoniums in their juvenile stage have been grown as ornamental foliage plants and used for interior plantscaping Among the recognized species, S. podophyllum Schott, commonly known as arrow-head vine, is one of the most widely produced plants in the foliage plant industry.
Genus name from new Latin, name of the genus comes from the Greek words σύν ( syn - plus, z) and γονή ( gone - gonada) and refers to the fused ovaries of female flowers. beautifully variegated Syngonium. Light green leaves with dark green splashes.
Syngonium 'Freckles'
Name: Syngonium 'Freckles'
Type: herbaceous evergreen
Form: scandent chamaephytes
Family: Araceae
Native Range: hybrid/ cultivar
Zone: 11-13
Habitat: most frequent in tropical forests but also occurs in premontane wet forest (S. podophyllum)
Spread: 10-30cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: hybrid/ cultivar
Synonyms: no synonyms recorded (hybrid/ cultivar