Arrowhead plant
ಸಿಂಗೋನಿಯಮ್ ಪೊಡೊಫಿಲಮ್
Syngonium podophyllum Schott
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.7 m
- wide
- 56 cm
Araceae
Also called Goosefoot-plant, Arrowhead vine, Arrow-Head Vine, Goose Foot, American evergreen
Formerly Pothos auritus, Syngonium affine, Syngonium amazonicum, Syngonium decipiens, and 9 more
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
- LianaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 1.5 m to 1.8 mRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 1.5–2.5 m; NC State Extension 3–6 ft
- Spread
- 51 cm to 61 cmRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.5–1 m; NC State Extension 1–2 ft
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, cream, greenRead from RHS and NC State Extension, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: RHS cream; NC State Extension green, white
- Coldest it survives
- 7 °C (USDA zone 11b)Read from RHS and NC State Extension, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: RHS 15 °C; NC State Extension -1.1 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- ajahuini, chapis, contzontón
- Spanish
- Chapiso, Mano poderosa, Malanga trepadora
- Chinese
- 合果芋, 長柄合果芋
- Chinese (China)
- 合果芋
- Japanese
- アオミツバカズラ
- Russian
- Сингониум ножколистный
- Afrikaans
- Gansvoet
- Polish
- zroślicha stopowcowa
- Portuguese
- Singônio
- Thai
- เงินไหลมา, ออมเงินออมทอง
- Danish
- gåsefodsyngonium
- Ukrainian
- Сингоніум ніжколистий
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Syngonium podophyllum (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.