| Description | An old fashion, very easy to grow, robust plant. A medium to large plant, likes the bright to moderate lit areas. Can be called a "tough plant" |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Sunlight | To bring out the color in the leaves this plant likes bright to moderate light. Will survive in the low light but lose its color, in the high light it will fade and burn. |
| Moisture | evenly moist |
| Growing Media | average house, tolerates some dryness |
| Temperature | does not like drafts. |
| Flowers | Occasionaly they will produce a strong scented flower. |
| Leaves | look like the leaves of a corn plant with a yellow stripe down the middle |
| Stems | canes, straight with a rough bark like surface |
| Dimensions | slower growing plant, over 4-6 feet tall |
| Propagation | This plant roots easily from cane or stem section cuttings. Also by airlayers and top cuttings. |
| Misc Facts | Upper Guinea, Ethiopia and tropical Africa. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #17-The World of House Plants (Elvin McDonald), #18-House Plant Encyclopedia (Nico Vermeulen), #70-Indoor Plants (Courtuer and Clark) |
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