Aglaonema simplex
A plain green, shrubby Aglaonema, 0.2–1.2 m tall, of wet, shady tropical forest and freshwater swamps across South-East Asia. It is slow-growing and tolerates low light and waterlogged soil, and is sold both as a houseplant and for aquariums and paludariums. It has greenish-white spathes and red fruits.
Where it grows wild
The floor of wet tropical and subtropical forest, often in swampy ground, along streams and in freshwater swamps. It has upright stems and dark green oval leaves 10–35 cm long.
Sea level to about 1,500 m (0–1,524 m in the records, median 200 m, 64 records); mostly lowland.
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