The Encyclopedia of House Plants

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Plant identification guide.

Old stem with sharp loose thorns, pointed downwards. Young shoots with bundles of whitish wavy hairs in leaf axils. Leaves leathery, shiny, oval, with pointed tips. - Perescia. Stems without thorns and hairs. Leaves entire, ovoid, leathery, shiny, with entire margins, heart-shaped base and pointed tip. Shoots long, loosely branching. - Scindapsus.