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Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott
Synonym
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Arum viviparum
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Family
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Araceae
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Local name
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English - Elephant Ear
Malayalam -
Marachembu
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Flowering and fruiting period
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February-April
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Distribution
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Paleotropics
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Distribution in Kerala
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Palakkad, Wayanad, Kottayam, Idukki, Kasaragode,
Kollam, Pathanamthitta,Malappuram,Kannur,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur.
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Habitat
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Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen
forests
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Uses
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A rub derived from the tubers is used to
treat arthritic pain.
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Key botanical characters :
Epiphytic or lithophytic herbs with erect
bulbiferous slender shoots. Leaves 20-30 cm across, ovate, apex acute, base
cordate, glossy above; nerves prominent; petiole to 40 cm long. Inflorescence
solitary, on erect, terminal peduncle, covered with large cataphylls;
spathes obovate to rhomboid, spreading, yellowish white; tube short, ellipsoid, limb to 10 x 7 cm, acute; spadix 5 cm long. Female flowers
many, ovary globose, 1-celled; ovules many, parietal, stigma 3-lobed, globose.
Male flowers many, on clavate above part of the spadix; stamens 6, united.
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