# Indoor plants for Dubai homes

Canonical: https://plantguide.ae/plants/category/indoor · Updated: 2026-10-05
Source: Ghaf Gardens (https://plantguide.ae/plants/category/indoor)

Dubai homes and offices are air-conditioned for much of the year, so houseplants here live in cool, dry, often dim rooms rather than the humid conditions most care guides assume. These are the indoor plants that cope best with low light, dry air and the odd missed watering, with a plain guide to light, water and feeding for each. Choose by the light in your room first, then by how often you really water.

## Indoor plants (16)

- **Snake plant** (snake-plant) — Dracaena trifasciata · لسان الحماة · indoor, exotic · part shade, very low water · heat 2 salt 1 drought 5 shade 5 ease 5 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/snake-plant.md)
- **ZZ plant** (zz-plant) — Zamioculcas zamiifolia · indoor, exotic · shade, very low water · heat 2 salt 1 drought 5 shade 5 ease 5 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/zz-plant.md)
- **Pothos** (pothos) — Epipremnum aureum · لبلاب ذهبي · indoor, exotic · part shade, low water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 3 shade 4 ease 5 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/pothos.md)
- **Fiddle-leaf fig** (fiddle-leaf-fig) — Ficus lyrata · تين الكمان · indoor, exotic · sun to part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 2 ease 2 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/fiddle-leaf-fig.md)
- **Monstera** (monstera) — Monstera deliciosa · مونستيرا · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 3 ease 4 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/monstera.md)
- **Peace lily** (peace-lily) — Spathiphyllum wallisii · زنبق السلام · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 4 ease 4 · plant/sow Feb–Apr · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/peace-lily.md)
- **Rubber plant** (rubber-plant) — Ficus elastica · نبات المطاط · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 2 salt 2 drought 3 shade 3 ease 4 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/rubber-plant.md)
- **Areca palm** (areca-palm) — Dypsis lutescens · نخلة الأريكا · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 2 salt 2 drought 2 shade 3 ease 3 · plant/sow Feb–Mar · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/areca-palm.md)
- **Aglaonema** (aglaonema) — Aglaonema modestum · indoor, exotic · shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 5 ease 4 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/aglaonema.md)
- **Dracaena** (dracaena) — Dracaena marginata · indoor, exotic · part shade, low water · heat 2 salt 1 drought 3 shade 4 ease 4 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/dracaena.md)
- **Philodendron** (philodendron) — Philodendron hederaceum · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 4 ease 5 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/philodendron.md)
- **Spider plant** (spider-plant) — Chlorophytum comosum · نبتة العنكبوت · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 2 salt 1 drought 3 shade 4 ease 5 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/spider-plant.md)
- **Money tree** (money-tree) — Pachira aquatica · شجرة المال · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 3 ease 3 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/money-tree.md)
- **Anthurium** (anthurium) — Anthurium andraeanum · أنثوريوم · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 2 shade 2 ease 2 · plant/sow Mar–May · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/anthurium.md)
- **Lucky bamboo** (lucky-bamboo) — Dracaena sanderiana · خيزران الحظ · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 1 shade 4 ease 4 · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/lucky-bamboo.md)
- **Calathea** (calathea) — Goeppertia spp. (syn. Calathea) · indoor, exotic · part shade, moderate water · heat 1 salt 1 drought 1 shade 3 ease 2 · plant/sow Apr–Jun · [page](https://plantguide.ae/plants/calathea.md)