EPPO Global Database

Maranta leuconeura(MARLE)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MARLE
  • Preferred name: Maranta leuconeura
  • Authority: Morren

Notes

Brazil (east and central). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Mexico, Colombia


Common names
Name Language
banded arrowroot English
herring-bone plant English
prayer plant English
rabbit's-foot English
ten commandments English
dormeuse French
maranta tricolore French
plante de la prière French
plante des dix commandements French
plante prieuse French
maranta Japanese
マランタ Japanese