But large leaves can cope in hot, wet, tropical climates because they counteract the daytime heat-trapping effect using transpiration – something desert plants cannot do because they cannot ...

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Growing more upright and than outward, this tropical plant has 4- to 6-inch-long, dark green, sword-shaped leaves. The leaf margins are bright chartreuse, leading the plant to look striped.