--- title: "Hi, needing help identifying this small starter. There are light…" description: "Hi, needing help identifying this small starter. There are light white dots on the leaf pattern and some brown from being on the discount rack:)" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA/JJGQzywT3usqEls1e4tCk4" community: "Plant Identification" author: "Olive" published: "2025-08-16T22:24:04.389663Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-q8CCevWu8WCQX2qf_0KgbIstOyBIbFlqRy-aEmIRd4/UQ0grpdORweC0V8QfdCl_A.webp?size=large" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Plant Identification](https://getplanta.com/community/2OB1JXZXRQeo4spB0EojrA.md) # Hi, needing help identifying this small starter. There are light… _Posted by Olive on 2025-08-16_ Hi, needing help identifying this small starter. There are light white dots on the leaf pattern and some brown from being on the discount rack:) ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-q8CCevWu8WCQX2qf_0KgbIstOyBIbFlqRy-aEmIRd4/UQ0grpdORweC0V8QfdCl_A.webp?size=large) ## 7 comments ### ZBob commented on 2025-08-16 It’s a Sugar Apple! #### Olive replied on 2025-08-16 Could you add the scientific/latin name? All that shows up when I google that is the fruit tree ### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-08-16 If that's a sugar apple like she said then it is a fruit tree there's no other type of sugar apple anything 🤷‍♀️ IDK I'm not the expert in the group LOL I was going to say is it possibly a dumb cane dieffenbachia kind of looks like my little props off of my mother plant but maybe not I don't know 🧐 ### harper commented on 2025-08-16 looks like a diffenbachia to me! ### Crazy plant lady commented on 2025-08-17 I second the diffenbachia ### Plantgirl11 commented on 2025-08-17 Diffenbachia ### Olive commented on 2025-08-18 Thanks all😁 --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_