Near with More Caladium

Already 1.5 century cultivated caladium. alokasia similar plant, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma was rooted, fibrous rooted, and flowering perfect. Sugar-apple fruit shape and similar in it to accommodate 200-500 bak brown sesame seeds. petiole 40-90 cm high. leaves reached 15-46 cm long with a variety of views, such as a heart shape, length and rounded. fee that is a mini size suitable as an ornamental porch. of natural beauty, caladium cited as the "queen of ornamental plants."

In addition to beauty, some type of caladium believed to cure disease. Burkill, in a book called A Dictionary Of The Economic Products Of the Malay Peninsula, says C. humboldtii, Schott (C. argyrites, Lem) jujal in many Chinese herbal shops.

C. humboldtii also often used as breeders by the penyilang to produce a mini-leaved caladium. Not only that, C. bicolor and C. hortulanom made diligent breeders to produce new kinds. Now it presents a new hybrid varieties graced the stock of ornamental plants in the ground water.

History records caladium ancestors originated from Amazon forest and temperate regions of South America Tropical. Call it Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, of Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela. Although originating from the Americas, but cultivation was first performed in Europe in the era of 1700.

In the journal of University of Florida, Robert A. DeFilipps, Shirley L. Maina, and Juliette Crepin said caladium into Continental Europe in 1704. At that time C. bicolor (Aiton) Vent from Suriname sent to the Amsterdam Botanic Garden, the Netherlands. Planters were interested in crossing. The result, obtained 1500 new varieties. Until now Europe's caladium planting expanded to 688 ha. Preferred is a lively and leaved caladium patterned width.