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Aglaonema commutatum
Toxic🐾Kolbenfaden · (Aglaonema commutatum)
Arum family (Araceae)
Description
Aglaonema commutatum, the poison dart plant, is a species of flowering plant in the Chinese evergreen genus Aglaonema, family Araceae. It is native to the Philippines and northeastern Sulawesi, and has been introduced to other tropical locales, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Comoros, the Chagos Archipelago, India, Bangladesh, and the Cook Islands. Its hybrid cultivar 'Silver Queen' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.
External use only!
This plant must NOT be taken internally. Use only as compress, salve, or bath.
- RawWhole plantExternalTraditional use
Chinese Evergreen is cultivated as a houseplant and, according to the NASA Clean Air Study, contributes to reducing benzene and formaldehyde in indoor air.
- RawLeafExternalFolk medicine
In parts of Southeast Asia, leaves of Chinese Evergreen are traditionally used in folk medicine externally for skin rashes, although the plant sap itself can cause skin irritation.
- RawWhole plantExternalFolk medicine
In Asia, Aglaonema species have been cultivated as luck-bringing ornamental plants for centuries and are a staple of Asian interior decoration.
Distribution in Europe
🪴 Grow at home
- ☀ Light
- low light
- 💧 Water
- weekly
- 🌱 Soil
- Standard potting compost
- 🪴 Pot
- 20 cm
- ⭐ Difficulty
- ★☆☆ beginner
- 🐾 Pets
- toxic to pets
Tips:
- Tolerates very dark corners — one of the most shade-tolerant houseplants.
- Likes warm rooms (>18 °C), no draughts.
- Variegated cultivars need more light than green ones.
Care tips are general indoor-gardening recommendations, not scientific sources.