🌿 Echinodorus Chocolate Marble (Echinodorus 'Chocolate Marble')
🌿 Echinodorus Chocolate Marble (Echinodorus 'Chocolate Marble')
Green Leaves Marbled with Rich Chocolate-Brown • Bold Rosette Sword Plant • A Patterned Centrepiece
📋 Echinodorus Chocolate Marble is a sword plant with a truly unique look. Its broad leaves are heavily marbled and splashed with rich chocolate-brown patches over green, and the fresh new leaves unfurl in warm reddish-brown tones, so every plant carries its own one-of-a-kind pattern. It grows as a full, structured rosette from a central crown, making a striking centrepiece in the midground or background of nature layouts, community tanks and display aquariums.
It's a hardy, easy-going sword. Plant it in a nutrient-rich substrate, add root tabs, and it grows steadily into a bold, eye-catching specimen with only the odd old leaf to trim away. Good lighting keeps its marbling at its richest, especially on the new leaves.
It's a freshwater plant, suited to freshwater aquariums.
💡 Highlights
🍫 Chocolate-Marbled Leaves: A rich, one-of-a-kind pattern
🍂 Reddish-Brown New Growth: Warm colour as leaves unfurl
✨ Patterned Centrepiece: One plant makes a focal point
💚 Hardy and Easy-Going: Beginner friendly with root tabs
🍽️ Root Feeder: Thrives in nutrient-rich substrate
🧾 A Quick Look at Echinodorus Chocolate Marble
📛 Common Name: Echinodorus Chocolate Marble (Chocolate Marble Sword)
🔬 Scientific Name: Echinodorus 'Chocolate Marble'
👨👩👧 Family: Alismataceae
🌍 Origin: Cultivated hybrid
📏 Max Size: Typically 20-40cm
🧂 Water Type: Freshwater
💧 pH Range: 6.0-7.5
🌡️ Temperature Range: 22-28°C (72-82°F)
🧠 Care Level: Beginner to intermediate
💖 Growth Rate: Moderate
💡 Lighting Needs: Moderate; stronger light gives richer marbling
🌱 CO2 Required: ❌ No, though beneficial for growth and colour
🏠 Placement: Midground • Background • Centrepiece
🧬 Tissue Culture: ✅ Yes
🌿 Grown Form: Potted
⏳ Lifespan: Long-lived perennial
🍽️ Nutrient Needs: High; root feeder, root tabs recommended
🐣 Propagation: Runners and plantlets

















