n.
Any of about 200 species of climbing herbaceous plants that make up the genus Philodendron in the arum family , native to the New World tropics.
Some are popular indoor foliage plants in colder areas and landscape plants in warmer climates. The leaves are often large and smooth-edged to variously lobed and cut. The inflorescence is seldom produced indoors. Many forms are available in cultivation, foremost among them the common heart-leaf ( Philodendron scandens oxycardium ). Large varieties include the spade-leaf philodendron ( P. domesticum or P. hastatum ), with triangular leaves up to 2 ft (60 cm) long, and the selloum philodendron ( P. selloum ), with deeply cut leaves up to 3 ft (1 m) long.