It would help if we knew
1. where in the world you are
2. where you keep the plant (indoors or out)
3. how you care for it
a. watering
b. light


AND, whether the black stuff rubs off, or
whether it turns the leaves crispy so they crumble when touched.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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