Prayer plant

Japanese: prayer plant(英語表記)prayerplant
Prayer plant

...It is a perennial plant with about 23 species known in tropical America, several of which are cultivated as ornamental plants. The most common are Maranta leuconeura E.Mor . (English name: prayer plant) and its variants. The basic species, var. leuconeura , has broad elliptical leaves with a blue-green center and lateral veins, black-green intervein areas, a velvety sheen overall, and a pale pink-purple underside.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "prayer plant" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多年草で熱帯アメリカに約23種が知られるが,うち数種が観葉植物として栽培されている。多いのはマランタ・レウコネウラM.leuconeura E.Mor.(英名prayer plant)とその変種群である。基本種var.leuconeuraは葉が広楕円形で,中央部と側脈部が青緑色,脈間は黒緑色,全体にビロード状の光沢があり,裏面は淡紅紫色である。…

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