| Family Name | Araceae, Arum Family |
| Scientific name | Dieffenbachia picta |
| Common name | Dieffenbach , Dumb cane |
| Growth habit | Herbaceous, perennial, upright, freely clumping. |
| Leaf | Elongated, oblong to broadly lance-shape- dark to green. |
| Flower | Flower cluster is white, erect, subtended and partly enclosed by a leaflike spathe. |
| Fruit | Fruits are berries, orange when ripe. |
| More to learn | Whole plant is poisonous, stems the most toxic. The juice in contact with the skin causing itching and dermatitis; swallowed a small tuber extreme throat stabbing pain, and lead to a paralysis of vocal cords. Your skin burns, edema, considerable salivation, affect swallowing and breathing. |
| Properties | Bitter cold. Heat-clearing and detoxifying. |
| Treats | For traumatic injury, rib fracture, gold blast, boil, Erysipelas splash contusion and sprain, sore, ulcer disease, etc. |
| Reference | General information on Dieffenbachia picta Properties and treats of Dieffenbachia picta Toxicity of Dieffenbachia picta |