EPPO Global Database

Dieffenbachia maculata(DIFMA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DIFMA
  • Preferred name: Dieffenbachia maculata
  • Authority: (Loddiges) G. Don

Notes

Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, northern South America to Brazil. Cultivated worldwide as an ornamental houseplant


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Dieffenbachia picta (Loddiges) Schott

Common names
Name
Language
dumbcane English
spotted dumbcane English
tuftroot English
variable tuftroot English
canne du muet French
plante des sourds-muets French
gefleckte Dieffenbachie German
gefleckte Herzpflanze German
difenbakia Japanese
shirogasurisô Japanese
シロガスリソウ Japanese
ディフェンバキア Japanese
aninga-do-pará Portuguese (BR)
comigo-ninguem-pode Portuguese (BR)
диффенбахия пятнистая Russian
platanillo Spanish