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^ "RHS Plantfinder – Anthurium andraeanum".

^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Contact with a human causes erythema, blisters, and if ingested, salivation, difficulty in swallowing and vomiting. It is toxic to all mammals: a mouth-worn fragment can cause severe irritation of the mouth and throat. It contains saponins and crystals of calcium oxalate, in fine needles, able to penetrate the mucous membranes and provokes painful irritations. It is grown as an ornamental plant in the form of many hybrids or horticultural varieties. It is found in the Caribbean and Réunion. Native to Ecuador and southwestern Colombia, it is also naturalised in other parts of the world. These include a perianth with four segments and stamens with a compressed mesh.

The spathe is cartilage-waxy, brightly coloured (red, pink) and 8–15 cm long, excluding the inflorescence (the spadix), which is 7–9 cm long, similar to a candle-holder, white or yellow in colour, is erected, and bears many small hermaphroditic flowers. It is a short erected plant with whole, cardioid or heart-shaped leaves, generally reflexed, cordate base, apex acuminate or cuspid, which are borne by a cylindrical petiole 30–40 cm long. Its most characteristic feature as an ornamental is its brightly colored spathe leaf, and the protruding inflorescence called the spadix.

It is a monocotyledonous perennial, preferring warm, shady and humid climates, such as tropical rainforests. Its name comes from the Greek words anthos, meaning flower, and oura, meaning a tail, referring to the spadix. Names Ĭommon names for plants in the genus Anthurium include flamingo flower, tailflower, painter's palette, oilcloth flower, and laceleaf. It is a winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Anthurium andraeanum is a flowering plant species in the family Araceae that is native to Colombia and Ecuador.