Scientific Name:	Maranta leuconeura
Pronunciation:	muh-RAN-tuh loo-ko-NYOOR-uh
Common Name:	prayer plant, rabbit tracks
Family Name:	Marantaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant, Ground cover
Key ID Features:	Trailing tropical plant; leaves alternate, broadly elliptic to oblong-obovate, squarish dark green patches with triangular notches arranged along the midrib or striking venation. Leaves fold upward and erect at night as if in prayer.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Horizontal, Pendulous Form: Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: South America Hardiness Rating: Zone 11: (above 4 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Images include M. 'Erythoneura' and M. var. kerchoviana (see separate entries).

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, Red, Red veins, purple undersides Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Oblong, Obovate Apices: Acute, Rounded, Truncate Bases: Obtuse Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Raceme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Bilabiate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Not showy, White Flower Time at Peak: Mar Additional Info: Rarely flowers indoors

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Fleshy monocot roots, Rhizomes

Propagation:	Division - below ground parts, Stem tip cuttings
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	High indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Pest Susceptibility:	Mealybugs, Mites, Root rot, ( Pest resistant, Disease resistant )

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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