''Anthurium marmoratum'' is a species of plant in the genus ''
Anthurium'' native to western
Colombia
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and
Ecuador. It is a member of the section ''Cardiolonchium'', or the
velvet-leaved Anthuriums, along with
''A. papillilaminum'',
''A. regale'',
''A. crystallinum'', and others. It is one of many species used by
curanderos
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in South America to treat
snakebite.
References
marmoratum
Plants described in 1903
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