Remusatia vivipara

Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott,  Melet. Bot. 18 1832. (Syn: Arum viviparum Roxb.; Caladium viviparum Lodd.; Colocasia vivipara (Roxb.) Thwaites; Remusatia formosana Hayata);
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Trop. & Subtrop. Old World as per WCSP;
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Bangladesh; Cameroon; Central African Repu; China South-Central; Christmas I.;  East Himalaya; Ethiopia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Laos; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Madagascar; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Northern Territory; Oman; Queensland; Sierra Leone; Socotra; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam; Yemen; Zambia; Zare as per Catalogue of Life;
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rem-yoo-SAT-ee-uh — named for Jean Pierre Abel-Remusat, French Chinese scholar and botanist … Dave’s Botanary
vy-VIP-ar-uh — live bearer; bears live young … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: hitchhiker elephant ear • Dogri: रिबड़ू ribdu, वन टांट van taant • Gujarati: લક્ષમણા laxmana • Hindi: लालकंद lalkand • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಗಡ್ಡೆ kaadu gadde, ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu • Konkani: रुखाळूं rukhalum • Malayalam: മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu, മരതാള് marathaalu • Marathi: लालकंद lalkand, रुखाळूं rukhalu • Nepali: जलुका jalukaa, कालो पिडालु kaalo pidaalu • Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा laksmana • Tamil: செங்கருணைக் கிழங்கு cenkarunaik kilanku • Tulu: ಮರಚೆವು marachevu, ಮರತೇವು marathevu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/06/remusatia-vivipara-roxb-schott.html
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Tuberous perennial herb with stolons, oblong-ovate to lanceolate leaves with sheathing petiole base; infl appearing before leaves on 6-12 cm long peduncle; spathe green with one constriction separating tube and limb.
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Kalatope id al110911a:
A strange flower or…??

Location Kalatope, Chamba
Altitude 2100 mts
Habit herb
Habitat wild
plant height  2 feet
Leaf length 14-18 inches approx

recently some clematis posted had long mustaches like this. IN CLOSE UP YOU CAN SEE THE STAR SHAPE OF ONE FLOWER. ONCE YOU CONCENTRATE YOU CAN SEE FEW. So it might be an inflorescence.

Are you sure that these are from a same plant? I think the the cordate leaf is from different plant and the moss like one is separate.

This, at least the last picture, is of Remusatia vivipara (Araceae). But the ‘bulbils’ look very different here, so may be of some other species.

This is a Araceae but a different genus I assume. It very common but actually I never tried checking it. All parts in the pic belong to the same plant including the rhizome.

I thought that they were a part of the moss so I had tried to get one plant.. and since I was in a hurry to get to my son’s school, I quickly took a photo… I am uploading a few more photos..
regards.. but you could be right and the moss might have been entangled with the roots…

Remusatia vivipara of Araceae family, for sure.

Actually I have seen this plant with branched inflorescence, so I was still a bit confused.
But as usual you are right…

Actually the credit goes to … for id. Thanks to … for the same. When I recently visited … farm in Waynad, I could photograph the same plant (attachment herewith).

I think they are same, just different stages of bloom. Something to do with protogyny and protoandry.

 Thanks … for information. I was confused because i could not find any ref/image of this plant with hairy inflorescence

This peculiar plant was spotted near Mahabaleshwar in Oct 2011.
Habit: Growing on another tree.
Height around 1 foot.
Herb
Leaf and inflorescence is visible.

This is Remusatia vivipara

Aracaceae, Araceae & Zingiberaceae Fortnight 1-14Aug14: Remusatia vivipara from kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).

This tiny plant was shot from Chakrata and Mussoorie in Uttrakhand..
I hope all the pics belong to Remusatia vivipara

Yes … Thanks for sharing

Yes, large number of bulbils developing. Leaves later enlarge up to one feet in rainy season.

Beautiful and very specific habitat (coming out from bark of tree?)

Yes. Growing on a tree trunk?mango

   
rem-yoo-SAT-ee-uh — named for Jean Pierre Abel-Remusat, French Chinese scholar and botanist … Dave’s Botanary
vy-VIP-ar-uh — live bearer; bears live young … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: hitchhiker elephant ear • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಗಡ್ಡೆ kadu gadde, ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu • Konkani: रुखाळूं rukhalum •Malayalam: മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu • Marathi: लालकंद lalkand, रुखाळूं rukhalu • Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा laksmana
botanical names: Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott … synonyms: Arum viviparum Roxb. • Caladium viviparum (Roxb.) Nees •Colocasia vivipara (Roxb.) Thwaites • Remusatia formosana Hayata … The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.

nice pic and better info
did you find this in western ghats?
I found a nursery that will sell seeds… its called himalayan gardens and located in scotland…
has some beautiful pucture..
similar weather in scottish highlands and the himalayan foothills I guess.

Thanks … it is possible this plant is sold abroad, perhaps for ornamental purpose. It is one of edible Araceae members.
Found this plant in various places of Western Ghats, though not common. It rarely flowers, tiny bulbils borne on stolons do the work of reproduction … more at Wikipedia.

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If it’s edible then I think it is the same plant we have here in Himachal and make a savoury dish Patora from it. I always thought it belonged to yam/ colocasia family. I will dig up some pictures and share them soon.

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…, if you seen them as epiphyte, there is good chance that you are talking of same plant. This plant is distributed in Himalayas too. However the Himalayan regional names of this plant are not much known.
Will be glad to know of any name given to this plant in Himachal.

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I am sorry …, I think we are talking about different plants. The one I see here grows on the ground and doesn’t flower. The leaves can become very large growing sometime to about 2-3 feet tall. The root as well as the leaves are edible. Hindi Kachalu, Local vernacular: Patroda.
I think it is Colocasia esculenta that we have here.

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OK, … Incidentally, we (in Konkani) use the name patrodo for the dish made from Colocasia leaves !

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At this url you ll find the nursery in scotland, they say its a somewhat reddish tuber and yellow flowers..
himalayangardens

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Thanks …  … has been fortunate to see the flower in wilderness of Western Ghats – it is illustrated in his second book – Further Flowers of Sahyadri.

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If its roots are addible then it is known as Ratalu in Hindi. Ratalu roots are rough brown with stiff blunt thorns on it. The flesh is deep pink, sometimes creamy.

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… ratalu looks like a generic name given to many plants – name especially referring to their tubers, most popular for Ipomoea batatas. Your description seems fitting for Ipomoea batatas.
Most probably Remusatia vivipara is not known as ratalu.

Reference: ENVIS – FRLHT

Dioscorea alata L. ratalu(Hindi),	Dioscorea pentaphylla L. ratalu(Hindi),
Dioscorea purpurea ROXB. ratalu(Marathi),	Dioscorea sativa AUCT. NON L. ratalu(Hindi),
Dioscorea tomentosa KOEN. EX SPRENG. ratalu(Hindi),	Ipomoea batatas (L.) LAM. ratalu(Hindi), ratalu(Marathi),

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precisely, un-precise colloquial names
that’s why science needs binomial names

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Names update …

commonly known as: hitchhiker elephant ear • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಗಡ್ಡೆ kadu gadde, ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu • Konkani: रुखाळूं rukhalum • Malayalam: മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu, മരതാള് maratal • Marathi: लालकंद lalkand, रुखाळूं rukhalu • Nepali: जलुका jalukaa, कालो पिडालु kaalo pidaalu • Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा laksmana • Tulu: ಮರಚೆವು marachevu, ಮರತೇವು marathevu

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rem-yoo-SAT-ee-uh — named for Jean Pierre Abel-Remusat, French Chinese scholar and botanist … Dave’s Botanary
vy-VIP-ar-uh — live bearer; bears live young … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: hitchhiker elephant ear • Dogri: रिबड़ू ribdu, वन टांट van taant • Gujarati: લક્ષમણા laxmana • Hindi: लालकंद lalkand • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಗಡ್ಡೆ kaadu gadde, ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu • Konkani: रुखाळूं rukhalum • Malayalam: മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu, മരതാള് marathaalu • Marathi: लालकंद lalkand, रुखाळूं rukhalu • Nepali: जलुका jalukaa, कालो पिडालु kaalo pidaalu • Sanskrit: लक्ष्मणा laksmana • Tamil: செங்கருணைக் கிழங்கு cenkarunaik kilanku • Tulu: ಮರಚೆವು marachevu, ಮರತೇವು marathevu

botanical names: Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott … homotypic synonyms: Arum viviparum Roxb. • Caladium viviparum (Roxb.) G.Lodd. • Colocasia vivipara (Roxb.) Thwaites … heterotypic synonyms: Ditinnia rupicola A.Chev. • Remusatia formosana Hayata … POWO, retrieved 19 June 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hitchhiker elephant ear

• Dave’s Garden

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras

रिबड़ू ribdu

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook

वन टांट van taant

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

લક્ષમણા laxmana

• Solanki, Devi & Gadhvi, Kamlesh & B.Zala, Jaysinh & Vyas, Suhas. (2020). Potential of some plant species used as ethnomedicine growing around Sasan Gir, Gujarat, India. Medicinal Plants – International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries. 12. 105. 10.5958/0975-6892.2020.00014.3.

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

लालकंद lalkand

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka

ಕಾಡು ಗಡ್ಡೆ kaadu gadde

• बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् – changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food
• S G Narsimhachar – Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore – Mandayam Digital Library
• FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ಮರಕೆಸು marakesu = tree colocasia or colocasia of trees … this name arose due to plant’s epiphytic nature and close affinity with Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
• FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

रुखाळूं rukhalum

• बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् – changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food

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written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu

• Many thanks to Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name … facebook
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … മരച്ചേമ്പ് marachembu = tree colocasia or colocasia of trees … this name arose due to plant’s epiphytic nature and close affinity with Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
• R, Narayanan & V, Balakrishnan & N, Anilkumar & M, Sivadasan & H, Alfarhan & A, Al-Atar. (2011). Wild edible plants used by the Kattunaikka, Paniya and Kuruma tribes of Wayanad District, Kerala, India. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 5. 3520-3529.

മരതാള് marathaalu

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … മരതാള് maratthaal = tree colocasia or colocasia of trees … this name arose due to plant’s epiphytic nature and close affinity with Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

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written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

लालकंद lalkand

• Bhurat et al. Effect of Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott tubers on animal models of depression Int J Curr Pharm Res, Vol 3, Issue 1, 90-92 … this name prevalent among the tribal people in the region of Nandurbar District, Maharashtra

रुखाळूं rukhalu

• FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

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written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) … spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

जलुका jalukaa, कालो पिडालु kaalo pidaalu

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names … efloraofindia

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars

लक्ष्मणा laksmana

• FRLHT’s ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

செங்கருணைக் கிழங்கு cenkarunaik kilanku

• Tamil names of Botanical names by Yercaud Ilango

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written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಮರಚೆವು marachevu

• बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् – changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food

ಮರತೇವು marathevu

• बॆरकॆ अट्टिल् – changing the way in which Tuluvas consume their food
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka – Shodhganga … ಮರತೇವು marathevu = tree colocasia or colocasia of trees … this name arose due to plant’s epiphytic nature and close affinity with Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
• Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) by Rev. A. Männer

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

*Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 – 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 19.3; last update June 16th, 2024. Last accessed 19/06/2024.
• Jammu & Kashmir … observations found posted in social media

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/06/remusatia-vivipara-roxb-schott.html

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Both Malayalam and English names are correct.

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Wild Lily? ABMAY01/16 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.

Not far from the other Voodoo Lily, I found this today. To me it looks like one of the lilies. I will keep watching how the hood opens. Could we know the ID from these pictures? Please advise.

Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP

1750m
18 May 2015

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Looks like Remusatia hookeriana (Araceae).

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I think this could be Remusatia hookerana. Please advise.

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Today I noticed several flower spikes coming out of the ground next to this Remusatia. We had earlier guessed it to be R. hookeriana but after looking at the available literature and the new evidence, I think it to be R. vivipara instead. Please advise. 7 images.

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Images by tspkumar

126-TSP-ID-13DEC2016-1: An epiphytic herb @ Bhadra Tiger Reserve,Chikmagalur for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

Kindly examine and identify this plant 

Habit:Herb 

Habitat:Wild,epiphytic,moist deciduous forest 

Sighting:Bhadra Tiger Reserve,Chikmagalur,Karnataka about 1200 msl 

Date:03-09-2015

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…, this is most probably Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott of Araceae.

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Yes …, you are right. It should be Remusatia vivipara
Ref: http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ac.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=411&cat=1
Thanks once again

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SK354JAN30-2017:ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)

Location: Raniban, Balaju, Nepal

Altitude:  4900 ft.

Date: 26 August 2016  

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Please compare with Remusatia species in efi.

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Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott (accepted name)  ???
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200027313

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Thanks, …, for the Id.
I think matches with the images at Remusatia vivipara

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Thank you all ! Nepali Names : जलुका Jalukaa  / कालो पिडालु Kaalo Pidaalu

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SK1096 20 APR-2018- 3 : 4 posts by 2 authors.

Location:  Godawari, Nepal  

Date: 18 April 2018

Altitude: 5000 ft.

Habit: Wild 

Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott  ??

Link

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Your link is not working.

Pl. check at /species/a—l/ar/araceae

Appears to match with images of Remusatia vivipara at Wild Lily? ABMAY01/16

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MS, Dec., 2020/04 Remustia sp. for id: 3 images.
Location : Sairep
Date : 21-09-2016
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wild

Either Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott or a new sp.

Might be you’re right

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Araceae ID from Nepal- 3: 1 image.
Segregating clubbed posts due to same subject:
ID PLZ
Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Please check
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=10056 !

Maybe some Alocasia, but flowers are required for id.

Remusatia sp.,

Alocasia macrorrhiza is much bigger and has no peltate leaf. Alocasia navicularis does, but has a peculair V-shaped rim. I think the best possible ID would be Remusatia vivipara. But indeed with Aracaea, spathes are needed to be sure.

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351 ID wild plant Remusatia: 9 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 28.07.2022, 01.20pm
Habitat: wild, moisture, shady, misty rocky hill, wind, rooted on rocks and other plants
Plant habit: erect, no stem, perennial
Height: 01 feet
Leaves: alternate, heart shaped, apex, soft fleshy, glossy smooth, size up to:30×20cm, fleshy petiole
Flower: spike racemose up to 01 feet length, clustered, size:04×3mm, greenish yellow, fragrant
Fruit:
Seed: 

Pl. check https://efloraofindia.com/2011/12/09/remusatia/

Remusatia vivipara (Roxb.) Schott

Yes, it is Remusatia vivipara, thank you very much dear … for ID my plant,

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References:
Catalogue of Life  WCSP  Flora of China  FoC illustration  Checklist of Nepal
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-177295?ref=tpl1