1、 Distinction

Snow iron taro is also called money tree. They are the same plant. It is a perennial herb. It is a rare foliage plant with stems under the ground. Its origin is in some tropical grassland climate areas with less rainfall in Africa

2、 Morphological characteristics

The aboveground part of the money tree has no main stem. The plant is 50 to 80 cm high. There is a thick massive stem under the ground, with a diameter of about 5 to 8 cm. Its adventitious buds germinate from the position of the tuber to form large compound leaves. The leaflets are fleshy and have short petioles. The hard part at the lower part is the tuber. The base of the petiole will expand and become lignified. Some pinnate compound leaves will be pumped from the top of the stem, and the leaf shape is oval, The color is green with metallic luster