Theriophonum dalzellii

Theriophonum dalzellii Schott, Aroideae 1: 15 1853. (Syn: Tapinocarpus dalzellii Schott; Theriophonum uniseriatum Blatt. & McCann);

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Cormous herbs, corms ca. 2 cm diameter. Leaves with petioles 6.5-12.5 cm; lamina variable, usually hastate-sagittate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Peduncle 7-8.5 cm. Spathe 11-13 cm long, basal convolute portion ovoid, blade flat, oblong- lanceolate. Spadix 9-12 cm long, shorter than spathe, pistillate and staminate portions separated by a naked interstice with sterile flowers in the middle, staminate flowers overtopped by a sessile, naked appendix. Pistillate flowers few, subtruncate, and unilocular with 4-5 apical and basal ovules. Sterile flowers subulate, creamy to purplish. Staminate flowers in a cylindrical mass, each stamen with two anther lobes and an unbeaked connective, anthers purplish at the tip; appendix 7-9 cm long, creamy to purplish.

Semi-evergreen forests
Peninsular India

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

 
Idntification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Kindly hep to identify the collected species from Ratnagir, Maharashtra.

Typhonium cuspidatum ?

This species is Theriophonum dalzelli.