Mayo, S.J. (1985) Araceae Flora of Tropical East Africa
Fleshy, tuberous, seasonally dormant herbs; tuber producing aerial shoots bearing burr-like bulbils. Leaves often solitary, sometimes 2–3, subtended by several basal cataphylls; petiole fleshy with inconspicuous sheath; blade peltate-cordate, ovate to lanceolate in outline; fine veins reticulate, arching towards margin. Inflorescence solitary, appearing before leaves. Spathe with lower part convolute into a tube with constricted apex, upper part an expanded limb. Spadix with basal part pistillate, central part slender, subconic, composed of ± prismatic sterile flowers, apical part composed of fertile staminate flowers, clavate-cylindric, stout, projecting beyond spathe-tube. Flowers densely congested. Fruit berries included within persistent spathe-tube, subglobose, many-seeded. Seeds with copious endosperm; embryo axile. Worldwide: 2 species native to the Himalayas DRC: 0 taxa. |
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