Dieffenbachia seguina
Poisonous — do not eat it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
About
Dieffenbachia seguine, widely known as dumbcane, as well as leopard lily or tuftroot, is a species of Dieffenbachia, a flowering aroid plant of the family Araceae. It is native to the neotropical realm of the Americas, from extreme southern Mexico and Belize and much of Central America, as well as the northern half of South America. It is found on many Caribbean islands and territories, including Cuba, Grand Bahama, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Îles des Saintes, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago. D. seguine is also found on the Galápagos islands of Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal, where it was likely introduced by humans.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Dieffenbachia seguina
- Slug
- dieffenbachia-seguina
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Dieffenbachia
- Species
- seguina
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 3
- Data completeness
- 28
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