Caladium bicolor

(Aiton) Vent. (1800)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Alismatales Family: Araceae Genus: Caladium

fancy-leaved caladium, heart of Jesus, Indian kale

Naturalized

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Synonyms (158)

Alocasia rex N.E.Br. (1892)

Alocasia roezlii N.E.Br. (1875)

Arum bicolor Aiton (1789)

Arum pellucidum Fulchir ex Kunth (1841)

Arum pulchrum Salisb. (1796)

Arum vermitoxicum Vell. (1881)

Caladium albicans Stange (1862)

Caladium albopunctatissimum Jacob-Makoy ex H.Karst. (1858)

Caladium amabile Verschaff. (1862)

Caladium amoenum Engl. (1879)

Caladium appunianum Engl. (1879)

Caladium argyrospilum Lem. (1858)

Caladium auritum Jacob-Makoy (1863)

Caladium baraquinii W.Bull ex J.Dix (1861)

Caladium barilletii Anon. (1867)

Caladium barraquinii Hérincq (1858)

Caladium bicolor f. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. chantinii (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. devosianum (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. haematostigma (Kunth) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. mirabile (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. neumannii (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. perrieri (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. punctatissumum Stange (1862)

Caladium bicolor f. regale (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. robustum Jonker (1959)

Caladium bicolor f. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. vellozianum (Schott) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor f. wightii (Lem.) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) E.J.Lowe & W.Howard (1859)

Caladium bicolor subvar. donizettii Engl. (1920)

Caladium bicolor subvar. rosaceum Engl. (1920)

Caladium bicolor var. albomaculatum Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor var. argyrospilum (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. barraquinii (Hérincq) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. bohemicum Engl. (1920)

Caladium bicolor var. brongniartii (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. chantinii (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. curwadlii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. devosianum (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. duchartrei Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. eckhartii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. enkeanum (K.Koch) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. haematostigma Kunth (1841)

Caladium bicolor var. hendersonii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. houbyanym Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. houlletii (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. ketteleri Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. kochii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. kramerianum Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. laucheanum (K.Koch) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. leopoldii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. lindenii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. macrophyllum (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. marginatum (K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. mirabile (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. neumannii (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. pellucidum (DC.) Kunth (1841)

Caladium bicolor var. perrieri (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. pictum (DC.) Kunth (1841)

Caladium bicolor var. regale (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. roseomaculatum Engl. (1920)

Caladium bicolor var. rubellum (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. rubicundum Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. rubrivenium Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. sieboldii Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. splendens (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. stangeanum (K.Koch) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. surinamense (Miq.) Engl. (1920)

Caladium bicolor var. transparens Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. vellozianum (Schott) Engl. (1879)

Caladium bicolor var. vermitoxicum (Vell.) Stellfeld (1950)

Caladium bicolor var. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium bicolor var. wightii (Lem.) Engl. (1878)

Caladium brongniartii Lem. (1858)

Caladium camoensii Van Geert (1879)

Caladium cannaertii Verschaff. (1862)

Caladium chantinii Lem. (1858)

Caladium chelsonii Van Geert (1868)

Caladium concolor K.Koch (1857)

Caladium connaertii Engl. (1879)

Caladium curwadlii Engl. (1879)

Caladium devosianum Lem. (1862)

Caladium discolor Hort. ex Engl. (1879)

Caladium duchartrei Engl. (1879)

Caladium dussii Voss (1895)

Caladium eckhartii Lem. ex Engl. (1879)

Caladium enkeanum K.Koch (1861)

Caladium firmulum Schott (1854)

Caladium formosum Verschaff. (1863)

Caladium gaerdtii K.Koch & Fintelm. (1858)

Caladium griseoargenteum Engl. (1879)

Caladium haageanum K.Koch (1862)

Caladium haematostigma (Kunth) Stange (1862)

Caladium hardii W.Bull ex J.Dix (1862)

Caladium hendersonii Engl. (1879)

Caladium hortulanum Bridsey (1951)

Caladium houbyanum Engl. (1879)

Caladium houlletii Lem. (1858)

Caladium jacquinii Ten. (1833)

Caladium ketteleri Engl. (1879)

Caladium kochii K.Koch (1862)

Caladium kramerianum Engl. (1881)

Caladium laucheanum K.Koch (1861)

Caladium leopoldii Engl. (1879)

Caladium lilliputianum André (1895)

Caladium lilliputiense Rodigas (1895)

Caladium lindenii Engl. (1879)

Caladium macrophyllum Lem. (1862)

Caladium marginatum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1855)

Caladium marmoratum L.Mathieu ex K.Koch (1855)

Caladium martersteigianum Engl. (1879)

Caladium medioradiatum L.Linden & Rodigas (1890)

Caladium mirabile Lem. (1863)

Caladium mooreanum Engl. (1879)

Caladium neumannii Lem. (1858)

Caladium ottonis Engl. (1879)

Caladium pallidinervium Engl. (1879)

Caladium pallidum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1853)

Caladium pellucidum DC. (1829)

Caladium perrieri Lem. (1858)

Caladium pictum DC. (1829)

Caladium punctatissimum Engl. (1879)

Caladium punctatum F.Dietr. (1826)

Caladium purdieanum Schott (1859)

Caladium pusillum K.Koch (1858)

Caladium regale Lem. (1862)

Caladium reichenbachii Stange (1862)

Caladium roseum Stange (1862)

Caladium rougieri Verschaff. (1864)

Caladium rubellum K.Koch & Fintelm. (1858)

Caladium rubricaule Lem. (1858)

Caladium rubrovenium Verschaff. (1861)

Caladium sagittifolium Sieber ex Engl. (1879)

Caladium sanguinolentum Van Geert (1870)

Caladium schaelleri W.Bull ex J.Dix (1861)

Caladium sieboldii Engl. (1879)

Caladium sororium Schott (1859)

Caladium splendens K.Koch & Fintelm. (1858)

Caladium splendidens Veitch ex J.Dix (1862)

Caladium spruceanum Schott (1859)

Caladium stangeanum K.Koch (1861)

Caladium strangeanum K.Koch ex Stange (1862)

Caladium surinamense Miq. (1853)

Caladium thelemannii Verschaff. (1863)

Caladium thripedestum Lem. (1858)

Caladium vandenheckei Verschaff. (1863)

Caladium vellozianum Schott (1859)

Caladium verschaffeltii Lem. (1858)

Caladium wagneri Engl. (1879)

Caladium wallisii Stange (1862)

Caladium wightii Lem. (1861)

Cyrtospadix bicolor (Aiton) Britton & P.Wilson (1924)

Xanthosoma sylvestre Bello (1883)

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Caladium bicolor 'Excalibur'

Uses and Culture

USES

Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

Maui Naturalized

Hawai'i Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Mag. Encycl. 4: 464 (1800)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:601 (DESCR); Resslar 2010:44 (NEWNAT/H, DESCR); Oppenheimer & Pezzillo 2024:55 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo.	Scientific Name	Locality	Habitat	Basis of Record	Description	Recorded By	Record Number	Island	Source	Date
1	Caladium bicolor	E Maui, Hana District, Mokulehua, N of Puu Hinai.	Scattered, occasional, near old trails and unpaved rds, in alien dominated lowland wet forest.	Preserved_Specimen	Stemless herbs; leaves variegated with white spots; petioles round, purple spotted; tubular portion of lowe spathe green, the upper hood white, constricted, enclosing the white to cream colored spadix.	Oppenheimer, H.L.	120826	Maui	BISH	2008-12-14
2	Caladium bicolor	Honolulu: Foster Botanic Gardens		Preserved_Specimen	Leaf above bright strong green with very irregular blotches of near white (creamy-green), beneath very light green w/light patches showing; petiole light-green at top quarter, suffused w/dull purple lower three quarters.	Potter, C.		Oahu	BISH	1958-01-28
3	Caladium bicolor	Puna Dist.; land of Olaa, along N Kulani Rd. ca. 0.5 mile from Mountain View		Preserved_Specimen	Flowers white; foliage green w/white spots.	Herbst, D.R.	5596	Hawaii	BISH	1975-12-16
4	Caladium bicolor	Koloa Dist.; Lawai Valley, NTBG headquarters		Preserved_Specimen	Herb w/subterranean corm; 2-3 leaves & 1 axillary inflor.; lvs deep pink w/green venation; inflor. spathe basally green flushed w/red, distally greenish- white; spadix green; no odor (8 a.m.).	Lorence, D.H.	7215	Kauai	BISH	1992-06-30
5	Caladium bicolor	Honolulu: Kapalama Heights; Kamehameha Girls' School		Preserved_Specimen		Judd Jr., A.F.		Oahu	BISH	1937-09-25

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