| Hosta | Malabar |
| Status | registered |
| Originator(s) | Mark Zilis/Mary Beth Vanous 2009 |
| Origin | 'Breeder's Choice' seedling |
| Size category | |
| Plant height x width | 30x90 cm (12x35 in.) |
| Leaf length x width | 21x11 cm (8x4 in.) |
| Vein pairs | 11 |
| Leaf color | green,(yellow>creamy white) edge |
| Variegation | edge |
| Leaf | a bit wavy |
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| Scape | |
| Scape height | 95 cm (37 in.) |
| Flower | pale purple |
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| Flowering period | July |
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| Info | Hybrid out of the breeding program of Doug Beilstein of Mansfield, Ohio. Selected by Mark Zilis in 2005. Large green leaves with a yellow turning to white edge. The name evokes the spice coast of India, and I'll agree that the variegation on this leaf gives it a tropical look. |
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