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Homalomena rubescens is a leafy subshrub of the Arum family from wet tropical forests of northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, grown as an ornamental foliage plant. It needs warm, humid conditions and consistently moist soil.
Homalomena rubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is native to Assam, Sikkim, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. A subshrub, it is typically found in the wet tropics. As a houseplant it requires copious amounts of water. There appears to be a cultivar, 'Maggy'.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homalomena rubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
