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Aspidistra elatior, the cast-iron-plant [3] or bar-room plant, also known in Japanese as haran or baran (葉蘭) [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Japan and Taiwan.
Aspidistra elatior, the "cast-iron plant", is a popular houseplant, surviving shade, cool conditions and neglect. It is one of several species of Aspidistra that can be grown successfully outdoors in shade in temperate climates, where they will generally cope with temperatures down to −5 °C (23 °F), being killed by frosts of −5 to −10 ...
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Aspidistra recondita is a species of flowering plant. A. recondita takes its name from the Latin reconditus, meaning "hidden", referring to its sexual organs being completely hidden inside its ovoid perigone, with a small opening. Given it was described from an A. lurida specimen, neither its distribution nor habitat are known. [1]
Aspidistra is a plant genus (from the Greek aspidion, a small round shield). Aspidistra may also refer to: Aspidistra elatior, an Aspidistra species used as a houseplant; Aspidistra (transmitter), a radio transmitter codenamed Aspidistra and used by Britain in the Second World War to beam propaganda to Germany; An Aspidistra in Babylon, novel ...
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This species is a perennial herb. Its rhizome is creeping, with a diameter of between 3 and 4 millimetres (0.12 and 0.16 in). Its leaves are 5 to 10 millimetres (0.20 to 0.39 in) apart, the petiole measuring about 7 centimetres (2.8 in), being gracile; the lamina is ovate and tapers towards a long tip, measuring between 13 and 15 centimetres (5.1 and 5.9 in) by 3.5 to 5 centimetres (1.4 to 2.0 ...
Its leaves are distally huddled, each being between 80 and 100 centimetres (31 and 39 in) long; the petiole measuring between 15 and 20 centimetres (5.9 and 7.9 in). Its lamina is linear, measuring between 60 and 80 centimetres (24 and 31 in) by 2.5 to 3.5 centimetres (0.98 to 1.38 in), and basally gradually tapers towards the petiole. [1]