- Family:
- Araceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Syngonium Schott
Syngonium podophyllum Schott

[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2420 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba, trepadora, epífita, hemiepífita
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2420 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander.
- Habit
- Herb, Epiphyte, Hemiepiphyte, Climbing.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Airo kajo, Ñanta juju, Singonio
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
Native to:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
Bahamas, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil South, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Malaya, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Windward Is.
Syngonium podophyllum Schott appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2005 | Carvalho, A.M. [2056], Bahia | K000303451 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Hage, J.L. [1082], Bahia | K000303449 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Hatschbach, G. [48763], Bahia | K000303446 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Harley, R.M. [17874], Bahia | K000303445 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Harley, R.M. [17874], Bahia | K000303444 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Nadruz, M. [866], Pernambuco | K000303442 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Nadruz, M. [885], Pernambuco | K000303440 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Nadruz, M. [851], Bahia | K000303447 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Hage, J.L. [1082], Bahia | K000303448 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Carvalho, A.M. [2056], Bahia | K000303452 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Nadruz, M. [866], Pernambuco | K000303441 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Hage, J.L. [1146], Bahia | K000303450 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2005 | Santos, T.S. [2964], Bahia | K000303443 | Yes | ||
Nov 5, 2004 | Haigh, A.L. [28], French Guiana | K000099760 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1991 | Engler, A. [243] | K000434765 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1979 | Maximilian, F. Prince of Wied-Neuwi [719], Bahia | K000303541 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1979 | Ule, E. [9000], Ceará | K000303439 | Yes |
First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 85 (1851)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Arruda Pontes, T., Moreira de Andrade, I. & Alves, M. (2010). Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Araceae. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 689-794.
- Funez, L.A. & al. (2017). Fifty-five new records of vascular plants, and other discoveries for the flora of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 72: 221-275.
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Hernandez, J. (2007). In Hawaiian rainforests: exotic aroid ecologies. Aroideana 30: 91-97.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Oppenheimer, H. (2011). New Hawaiian plant records for 2009. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 220: 5-10.
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Funez, L.A. & al. (2017). Fifty-five new records of vascular plants, and other discoveries for the flora of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 72: 221-275.
- Hernandez, J. (2007). In Hawaiian rainforests: exotic aroid ecologies. Aroideana 30: 91-97.
- Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
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- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
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