Native records: 4 botanical areas
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, 1 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A climber of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Brazil.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Brazil
- Brazil NortheastNative
- Brazil SouthNative
- Brazil SoutheastNative
- Brazil West-CentralNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 126 areas worldwide, 122 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Philodendron ochrostemon is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.19, left column, line 40
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Philodendron
Other species in Philodendron
- Philodendron noeliiphilodendrons
- Philodendron nullinervium
- Philodendron oblanceolatum
- Philodendron obliquifolium
- Philodendron oblongum
- Philodendron obtusilobum
- Philodendron oligospermum
- Philodendron opacum
- Philodendron orionis
- Philodendron ornatum
- Philodendron ovatoluteum
- Philodendron oxycataphyllumphilodendrons
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Brazil · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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