Aglaonema marantifolium
A large, plain or softly marked Aglaonema from the Moluccas and New Guinea. It is a common understorey herb of shady, damp lowland and foothill rainforest. The climate there is hot and wet all year with no dry season, so it wants steady warmth, humidity and moisture.
Where it grows wild
Nicolson gives its habitat as shady, damp places in lowland rainforest. Specimen labels describe an understorey herb of mature foothill forest and ridge forest. Other labels note primary lower montane forest on the Kebar Valley slopes, and semi-evergreen forest on clay over limestone.
Recorded elevations are 0–1,067 m, with a median of 700 m (18 records). Most labels describe lowland and foothill forest.
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