Philodendron fragrantissimum

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| image = Philodendron fragrantissimum (Hook.) G.Don (6941328898).jpg

| image_caption = Up a tree in Bahia , Brazil

| image2 = Curtis's botanical magazine (Plate 3314) (8203250428).jpg

| image2_caption = Botanical illustration

| genus = Philodendron

| species = fragrantissimum

| authority = (Hook.) G.Don

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• Arosma obtusifolia {{small|Raf.}}
• Caladium fragrantissimum {{small|Hook.}}
• Philodendron accrescens {{small|Simmonds}}
• Philodendron brevilaminatum {{small|Schott}}
• Philodendron clementis {{small|C.Wright}}
• Philodendron demerarae {{small|Gleason}}
• Philodendron latipes {{small|K.Koch & Augustin}}
• Philodendron poeppigii {{small|Schott}}

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Philodendron fragrantissimum, the fragrant philodendron or shortstem philodendron, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/39105/philodendron-fragrantissimum/details |title=Philodendron fragrantissimum fragrant philodendron |author= |date=2025 |website=Find a plant |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=8 May 2025 |quote= }}{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=504309 |title=Philodendron fragrantissimum (Hook.) G. Don Taxonomic Serial No.: 504309 |author= |date=2025 |website=itis.gov |publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |access-date=8 May 2025 }} It is native to the New World Tropics.{{cite POWO |id=87769-1 |title=Philodendron fragrantissimum (Hook.) G.Don |access-date=8 May 2025 }} An epiphyte, an essential oil is extracted from its roots and used for bathing and as a fumigant.{{cite journal |title=Essential oil from Philodendron fragrantissimum, an aromatic Araceae from Amazonia, Brazil |date=2013 |last1=Castellar |first1=Aline |last2=Oliveira |first2=Danilo R. |last3=Leitão |first3=Suzana G. |last4=Bizzo |first4=Humberto R. |last5=Soares |first5=Maria de Lourdes C. |last6=Kinupp |first6=Valdely F. |last7=Veiga-Junior |first7=Valdir F. |journal=Journal of Essential Oil Research |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=194–197 |doi=10.1080/10412905.2012.751557 }}

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|Philodendron fragrantissimum (Hook.) G.Don (8624213175).jpg|Flower

|Philodendron fragrantissimum (Hook.) G.Don (9361973941).jpg|Fruit

|Philodendron fragrantissimum (Hook.) G.Don (8624213937).jpg|With human for scale

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