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Syngonium podophyllum Schott
American Evergreen
Arrowhead Vine
Goose-foot Plant
Not native to Florida
This plant is an invasive exotic that is altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives.
This species should never be planted (many with this designation are prohibited by law), and generally should be removed whenever possible.
An occasional vine of disturbed hammocks mainly in peninsular Florida. Native to Central American and also ranging throughout the Caribbean, Mexico and South America.
This vine with thick fleshy stems can often be found climbing up tree trunks as high as 10m (33 ft.). The leaves are highly variable. Young leaves are alternate and sagitate (arrowhead-shaped) and 10-20cm (4-8 in.) long. Mature leaves are compound with anywhere from three to 12 leaflets, with the middle leaflet being the largest and elliptic-oblanceolate to obovate. The small greenish to whitish flowers appear in spadices enclosed within light-yellow to greenish spathes. The fruit begins as berries that merge to form a single egg-shaped red fruit that turns brown when mature and containing a soft, gray pulmp and many black or brown seeds 7-11mm (1/4 to 7/16 in.)long and 5-7mm (3/16 to just over 1/4 in.) wide.
Syngonium podophyllum is a member of the Araceae - Arum family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
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UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants page for this species
Date record last modified: Dec 06, 2025
