Description

It is alarge, fast-growing tropical aroid plant with its large, waxy, dark green foliage and stand-out veins. It’s also known as the sow’s ear philodendron because of the thick texture and shape of the leaves. If you squint, the foliage, which gathers wrinkles at the plant’s stem, almost resembles a pig’s hide-like ear. A tall, vining plant, you can train your Philodendron rugosum to grow up a trellis or pole or have it cascading from a hanging basket.

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Philodendron
Species: P. rugosum