Plant
              
                - Tropical, typically grown as houseplant 
 
                - Numerous cultivars
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Stem
              
                - Alternate leaf arrangement
 
                - Thick, smooth
 
                - Sheathing leaf petiole clasps stem
 
                - Leaf scar around circumference after leaves drop
 
              
            
          
         
        
          
            
            
              Leaf
              
                - Large, broadly ovate tapering to pointed tip
 
                - Color, variegation vary by cultivar