Chocolate Marble Sword (Echinodorus sp.)

Chocolate Marble Sword is a distinctive rosette aquarium plant with broad, elongated leaves showing a mix of green, bronze, brown, and marbled patterning. Its unique coloration gives it a rich, earthy look that stands out beautifully as a centerpiece in a freshwater aquarium.

This sword plant is best suited for the midground or background, where it has room to develop its full shape. It grows best with moderate lighting and benefits from nutrient-rich substrate or regular root tabs. As it settles in, older leaves may melt back while new submerged leaves develop.

Care level: Easy to moderate
Lighting: Moderate
Placement: Midground to background
Growth habit: Rosette
CO₂: Not required
Propagation: Runners or plantlets
Best feature: Marbled bronze-brown and green foliage with a bold sword-plant shape