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Araceae
Tahitian-spinach
Xanthosoma brasiliense
Also known as Polynesian spinach, Taro vine, Centella, Caladium brasiliense
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Tahitian Spinach · Xanthosoma · Araceae · Edible Leaves · Tropical Vegetable · Leafy Green · Shade Tolerant · Container Plant · Humid · South America
Tahitian spinach is a vigorous tropical leafy green prized for its large, edible leaves that can be cooked like spinach or taro greens. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with partial shade and consistently moist, fertile soil, making it suitable for both outdoor tropical gardens and bright indoor spaces. Regular harvesting of outer leaves encourages fresh, productive growth throughout the growing season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is evenly moist, then allow the top inch to dry before watering again · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Brazil South, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle
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