Caladium bicolor

• Botanical Name : Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent.
• Synonyms : Caladium hortulanum Bridsey, Arum bicolor Aiton
• Common Name : Fancy-Leaf Caladium, Artist's Pallet
• Plant Family : Araceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 5, 13, 26, 27, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra

About Caladium bicolor Plant :

• Habit : A perennial herb without stems.
• Leaves :
  • Borne on long petltate petioles arising directly from the underground tuber.
  • Generally lance or arrow head shaped with various spots or streaks of different colours like pink, red, gray or white.
• Inflorescence : Spadix and spathe.
• Flowers : Flowers are borne on the greenish white spadix and it is covered by a hood like structure-spathe.
• Fruit : Small white berries with small ovoid seeds.
• Significance :  Generally grown as an ornamental plant, both indoor and outdoors.