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Maranta Leuconeura 'Kerchoveana'
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Common name/s: Prayer Plant, Rabbit's Foot Maranta
Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana
Maranta Leuconeura is a species of flowering plant in the family Marantaceae, native to the Brasilian tropical forests. This variety leaves that are are a light green with distinctive dark patches on either side of the central vein. The leaf undersides are a uniform silvery green. Often referred to as Prayer Plants, along with their closely related cousins Calathea, Maranta leaves have the unusual characteristic of lying flat during the day and then closing upwards at night as if in prayer.