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Amorphophallus sylvaticus (Roxb.) Kunth

Synonym

:

Amorphophallus zeylanicus Blume

Brachyspatha sylvatica (Roxb.) Schott

Family

:

Araceae

Local name

:

Malayalam-  കാട്ടുചേന

Flowering and fruiting period

:

May-August

Distribution

:

India and Sri Lanka

Distribution in Kerala

:

Wayanad

Habitat

:

Semi-evergreen forests

Endemic/Exotic

:

Endemic

Uses

 

Used in herbal medicine against hemorrhoids

Key botanical characters:

Corms to 5 cm thick. Petiole to 40 cm long, green to purplish with maculations. Leaflets decurrent. Peduncle elongate, to 55 cm, subtended to cataphylls of various lengths. Spathe short, to 5.5 cm, cream outside and maroon inside. Spadix elongate, 3-6 x longer than spathe (10-20 cm); pistillate portion to 3 cm; sterile portion c. 0.5 cm; staminate to 3 cm; appendix naked, 9-15 x 0.5-1 cm, variously described as yellow, coppery- purple or pink. Pistillate flowers rather scattered, style short. Sterile flowers gibbous.



 

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