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 Theriophonum infaustum N.E.Br.

Synonym	:	Calyptrocoryne wightii Schott
Family	:	Araceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	July-September
Distribution	:	Southern Western Ghats
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Moist deciduous forests,
Uses	:
Key Botanical Characters  : Annual herbs, corm globose, 1 cm across. Leaves few, radical, to 8 x 6 cm, ovate, hastate at base, acute at apex, lineolate; petiole to 15 cm long, slender. Spadix axillary, to 4 cm long; spathe globose below, constricted above, limb elliptic, greenish-yellow; spadix included, one third of the spathe. Male flowers many, stamens 1 or 2; anthers sessile. Female flowers few, ovary conical, 1-celled; ovules few, basal. Neuters filiform. Fruit a groups of globose, berries