Maranta coriacea
Maranta coriacea S.Vieira & V.C.Souza (2008) is a recently described, little-known species of central Brazil, recorded from Tocantins and Mato Grosso at roughly 200 to 800 m. It comes from the cerrado region, where a warm wet summer alternates with a hot, very dry winter, so it is one of the more drought-tolerant Maranta and its leathery leaves fit that. Grow it warm and bright, with a distinctly drier rest.
Where it grows wild
Terrestrial herb of the cerrado and its gallery-forest margins in central Brazil; the sparse records sit on the plateau between the Araguaia and Cuiaba basins. Habitat detail beyond the description is thin, so this is inferred from the record sites and the genus.
185 to 821 m recorded, median about 780 m (4 records).
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