Philodendron oblongum is a species of plant in the genus Philodendron native to eastern Brazil. First described as Arum oblongum by Vellozo in 1831, it was moved by Carl Sigismund Kunth to Philodendron. Like others in the genus, it grows in wet tropical biomes and is a hemiepiphyte.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Philodendron oblongum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Philodendron
- Species
- Philodendron oblongum
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