Chinese evergreen
Aglaonema commutatum Schott
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- —
Araceae
Also called Philippine evergreen, Silver Queen, Poison dart plant, Poison Dart Plant
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. MalesiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from Chicago Botanic Garden, one source
- Height
- 46 cmRead from Chicago Botanic Garden, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Chicago Botanic Garden, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, greenRead from Chicago Botanic Garden, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Chicago Botanic Garden, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Siempreverde china
- Chinese (China)
- 银后万年青
- Finnish
- sulkalaikkuvehka
- Chinese
- 銀后萬年青, 细斑亮丝草, 细斑粗肋草
- Japanese
- シラフイモ
- Polish
- aglaonema zmienna
- Portuguese
- Café-de-salão, Folhagem-frutífera
- Thai
- แสงเงินแสงทอง
- Hungarian
- Változó Rákvirág
- Russian
- Аглаонема переменчивая
- Slovak
- aglaonéma premenlivá
- Turkish
- Çin Herdemyeşili
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Chicago Botanic Garden, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Aglaonema commutatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.