| Scientific Name: | Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana |
| Common Name: | prayer plant, rabbit tracks |
| Family Name: | Marantaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Violet, Mar |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Trailing tropical plant; leaves alternate, most blades elliptic, 7-13cm long x 4-10cm wide, squarish dark green patches with triangular notches arranged along the midrib, blade halves close upward at night like praying hands. | |